Species Batracomorphus pallidus (Evans, 1936)
Compiler and date details
13 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Eurinoscopus pallidus Evans, J.W. 1936. The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935: 61-83 [75].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♀ (coll.: A.M. Lea), Hobart, Tasmania.
Generic Combinations
- Batracomorphus pallidus (Evans, 1936). —
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [205]
Introduction
This species is based on a single female holotype from Hobart, Tasmania. Knight (1983) regarded it as a nomen dubium because of the absence of males from the type series.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head, pronotum and scutellum pale brownish yellow. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface and legs very pale brownish yellow. Length 4.5 mm, Head width 1.8 mm (Evans 1936).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1936. The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935: 61-83 [75]
General References
Knight, W.J. 1983. The leafhopper genus Batracomorphus (Cicadellidae) in the eastern Oriental and Australian Regions. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 47(2): 27-210 [205]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 23-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |