Species Rentzia gabana Day, 1999
Rentzia gabana Day, holotype male, frontal view.
© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.
Rentzia gabana Day, holotype male.
© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.
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Species Rentzia gabana Day, 1999
Compiler and date details
11 April 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Rentzia gabana Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [706].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: 21.iv.1964, I.F.B. Common & M.S. Upton), Shute Harbour, Queensland.
Introduction
This medium sized brown species is only known from the holotype from near Mackay on the central Queensland coast. The specific name is derived from an Aboriginal word for rainforest.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Smaller, more delicate and less setose than type species; clypeal lobes less well developed; lateral pronotal processes relatively longer and narrower, dorsal carina more strongly developed, tegmen hyaline, less dark than type species; veins more conspicuous; hind tibia pale brown. Length (holotype ♂), 7.2 mm (Day 1999).
Diagnosis References
Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [706]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2012 | 16-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Apr-2012 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |