Species Solonaima ornata Hoch, 1988
Compiler and date details
13 August 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Solonaima ornata Hoch, H. 1988. Five new epigean species of the Australian planthopper genus Solonaima Kirkaldy (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae). The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 5(1): 125-133 [132].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♀ (coll: G.B. Monteith, 29.iv-1.v.1973), Mt Tozer area, Iron Range, N. Queensland.
Introduction
This epigean species from Iron Range in far North Queensland is based on a single female specimen but was considered sufficiently distinctive to warrant describing.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Extra Ecological Information
Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.
Diagnosis
This species differs from all other known Solonaima species by a distinct pattern of brown markings on the tegmen and it the rather obsolete median carina of the frons (this being sharply ridged in other epigean species) (Hoch 1988)
ID Keys
Hoch (1988: 126)
Diagnosis References
Hoch, H. 1988. Five new epigean species of the Australian planthopper genus Solonaima Kirkaldy (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae). The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 5(1): 125-133 [132]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2010 | 13-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |