Species Acanthuchus conspurcatus Stål, 1869
Compiler and date details
3 April 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Acanthuchus conspurcatus Stål, C. 1869. Bidrag till Membracidernas kannedom. Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm 26: 231-300 [288].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHRM ♀, quantity unknown, Australia occidentalis (Western Australia).
Introduction
The identity of this species is uncertain and its distribution unknown within Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. More specific localities were given for other states by Goding (1903: 16).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Ferrugineus, punctatus; lateribus pectoris et scutelli dense griseo-sericeis; thoracis cornubus lateralibus mediocribus, antrorsum et distincte sursum vergentibus, levissime curvatis, carina longitudinali media pone cornua illa in angulum obtusum elevate, processu postico sensim leviter curvato; tegminibus sordide hyalinis, basi et ad costam ferrugineis et punctatis, macula obsoleta apicali subferruginea. ♀ Long. 4 2/3, Lat. 2 mm. (Stål 1869).
Ferruginous, punctured. Prothoracic lateral horns medium, turned forward and distinctly upward, very slightly curved; median longitudinal carina elevated, behind the lateral horns, in an obtuse angle; posterior process lightly curved. Tegmina sordid hyaline, base and costa ferruginous and punctured, with an obsolete apical ferruginous spot; with two discoidal cells. Long. ♀ 4 2/3; lat. 2 mm. (Goding 1903).
ID Keys
Goding 1903: 13–14
Diagnosis References
Goding, F.W. 1903. A monograph of the Australian Membracidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 2-41 [13–14, 16]
Stål, C. 1869. Bidrag till Membracidernas kannedom. Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm 26: 231-300 [288]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-May-2012 | 16-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Apr-2012 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |