Species Aka pirri Löcker, 2015
Aka pirri Löcker, adult
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Species Aka pirri Löcker, 2015
Compiler and date details
10 July 2015 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Aka pirri 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 [215].
Type data:
Holotype ASCU ASCTHE016784 ♂ (coll: R. Coy, 1.ix.1989, inner closed forest, pyrethrum knockdown, Sassafras), Thumbs Parallel Gullies, Tasmania.
Introduction
Aka pirri was described from two locations in the south eastern parts of Tasmania, including the Warra LTER site.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)
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 following combination of characters: first tarsomere with 7 and second tarsomere with 7–8 apical teeth; lobes of male anal tube in lateral view produced into hooks; aedeagus right lateral with a very long spine (about as long as flagellum) with its tip directed towards the base of the aedeagus; absence of a bifurcate spine on the aedeagus (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 |