Species Aka balma Löcker, 2015
Aka balma Löcker, adult
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Species Aka balma Löcker, 2015
Compiler and date details
9 July 2015 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Aka balma Löcker, B. 2015. Revision of the Australian species of Aka White, 1879 (Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 3956(2): 199–223 [208].
Type data:
Holotype ASCU ASCT00179976 ♂ (coll: G. Rounsevell, 12.v.1989, pyrethrum knockdown, Sassafras), Big Sassy Creek, Tasmania.
Introduction
This species is only known from the type locality in SW Tasmania and is represented by seven male specimens..
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Extra Ecological Information
Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished from all other Australian Aka by the presence of a bifurcate spine left laterally on the male phallotheca (Löcker, 2015).
ID Keys
Löcker 2015: 208
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIXIIDAE Spinola, 1839 | 09-Jul-2015 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |