Species Aka kuraka Löcker, 2015
Aka kuraka Löcker, adult
© Copyright Birgit Löcker, Orange Agricultural Institute
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Species Aka kuraka Löcker, 2015
Compiler and date details
10 July 2015 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Aka kuraka 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 [214].
Type data:
Holotype TDPI 145563 ♂ (coll: P.B. McQullan, 8.xi.1992, 80m, uvl, Nothofagus), Balfour Track Forest Reserve, Tasmania [41.08S, 144.57E].
Introduction
This species is known from remote areas of the Tasmanian West bioregion.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Tas: Tasmanian West (TWE)
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 species of Aka by the angle formed bythe caudal border of the vertex, which is rectangular to acute in A. kuraka, as opposed to broadly obtuse (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 |