Species Neovulturnus montanus (Evans, 1937)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Vulturnus montanus Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea: Homoptera). Part 6. — Penthimiidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11(2): 149-156 [154].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM 5207 ♀ (coll.: J.W. Evans), Leura, New South Wales.

 

Generic Combinations

• Neovulturnus montanus (Evans, 1937). —
  Evans, J.W. 1972. Characteristics and relationships of the Penthimiinae and some new genera and new species from New Guinea and Australia; also new species of Drabescinae from New Guinea and Australia. Pacific Insects 14(1): 169-200 [180]

 

Introduction

This pale brown species was described from Leura in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales but has also been found at lower altitudes in the SE Queensland area.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head ventrally black, overhanging thickened apical margin very pale yellow. Dorsal surface pale yellow or ochreous with two round black spots between the ocelli and the apex of the head and a few faint markings between the ocelli. Pronotum anterior third yellowish brown; posterior two thirds greyish white, the whole with scattered dark brown markings. Scutellum marked with a pattern of yellow and dark brown. Tegmen silvery white with dark brown reticulations between the veins; appendix and supplementary appendix hyaline brown. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface black with pale brown markings. Length 4 mm (Evans 1937).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea: Homoptera). Part 6. — Penthimiidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11(2): 149-156 [154]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		05-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		16-May-2012	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		01-Jun-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)