Species Arawa detracta (Walker, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Iassus detractus Walker, F. 1858. List of specimens of Homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Supplement. London : British Museum (Natural History) 369 pp. [271].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ (pres. Lt. A. Smith), Tasmania.

 

Generic Combinations

• Arawa detracta (Walker, 1858). —
  Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. 1994. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1117-1288 [1205]
• Coelidia detracta (Walker, 1858). —
  Metcalf, Z.P. 1964. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI, Cicadelloidea. Part 11, Coelidiidae. Raleigh N.C. : North Carolina State College 182 pp. [46]
• Euscelis detractus (Walker, 1858). —
  Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [118]

 

Introduction

Although described from an unspecified locality in Tasmania, this species has also been recorded from SE New South Wales, Victoria and from Weebubbie in the far SE corner of Western Australia. It probably also occurs across the southern coastline of South Australia.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic, WA: Hampton (HAM), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Testaceous, minutely speckled with black; front blackish. Pectus black on each side. Abdomen black; hind borders of the segments testaceous. Femora striped with black. Fore wings testaceous, with pale veins, which are bordered by interrupted black lines. Hind wings grayish vitreous. Length of the body 1½ line; of the wings 3 lines (Walker 1858).

 

Diagnosis References

Walker, F. 1858. List of specimens of Homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Supplement. London : British Museum (Natural History) 369 pp. [271–272]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		25-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		26-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		05-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)