Species Rosopaella nigroflava Webb, 1983

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• Rosopaella nigroflava Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [17].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: 21.xi.1964, J.A. & J.A.G. Brooks), Barron Falls, Queensland.

 

Introduction

This species can be variably tinged with brown on the pronotum and scutellum and is widespread in parts of eastern Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

This species is close to R. parva Webb and R. aroka Webb but differs in the absence of brown markings on the abdominal tergites and inner margin of the forewing (Webb 1983).

 

ID Keys

Webb 1983: 7–10

 

Diagnosis References

Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [17–18]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		30-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)