Species Aka sorellensis Löcker, 2015
Aka sorellensis Löcker, adult (holotype)
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Species Aka sorellensis Löcker, 2015
Compiler and date details
10 July 2015 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Aka sorellensis 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 [216].
Type data:
Holotype TDPI 145564 ♂ (coll: L. Hill, 6.xi.1990, tall wet heath, 4644.602.443), Port Sorrell, Tasmania [41.09S, 146.31E].
Introduction
This species, from Port Sorrell on the northern coastal fringe of Tasmania, is only known from the holotype.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Tas: Flinders (FLI)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Extra Ecological Information
Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.
Diagnosis
Aka sorellensis and A. dobsonensis are the only Australian species of Aka with a deeply excavated apex of the anal tube. These two species differ in the number of apical teeth on the first tarsomere (A. sorellensis
with 7, A. dobsonensis with 6) (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 |