Species Alocanthella fulva Evans, 1966

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• Alocanthella fulva Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [296].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♀ (coll.: xi.1994, N. Arndt), Lawes, Qld.

 

Introduction

This species is restricted to coastal areas of Queensland. Although it is the only described species in the genus, Day (1999) lists two additional undescribed species from the Northern Territory.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

General coloration golden brown, the pronotum anteriorly partially suffused with dark brown. Tegmen costal area as far as R1a and clavus basally brown, rugose; remainder vitreous with two hyaline transverse brown fasciae; veins brown. Head and thorax pilose; hairs pale gold. Pronotum rugose. Length ♀ 3.8 mm (Evans 1966).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [296]

 

General References

Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [647–648]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-May-2012		16-May-2012	MODIFIED
26-Apr-2012		26-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)