Species Thymbris rieki Evans, 1966
Thymbris rieki Evans, adult male.
© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.
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Species Thymbris rieki Evans, 1966
Compiler and date details
15 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Thymbris rieki Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [126].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: viii.1944, E. Riek), Moolooka (= Moorooka), Queensland.
Introduction
This relatively plain brown species is known from Moorooka in SE Queensland and Nyngan in the Darling riverine plains of New South Wales. The Nyngan specimens are labelled as having been collected from Eucalyptus populifolia Desf. which is a synonym of the Forest Red Gum, Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm. (Myrtaceae).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Face of head yellowish brown mottled with light and very dark brown. Crown steeply declivous laterally, longest in the centre where it is apically rounded, yellowish brown mottled with dark brown. Pronotum and scutellum concolorous with the crown. Tegmen hyaline grey, densely and evenly mottled with brown; veins brown with grey or white bars. Length ♂ 9 mm (Evans 1966).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [126]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2011 | 20-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |