Species Alodeltocephalus obliquus (Evans, 1938)

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Regional Maps

• Deltocephalus obliquus Evans, J.W. 1938. Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea): Part VIII. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1938: 1-18 [16].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: J.W. Evans), Smithton, Tasmania.

 

Generic Combinations

• Alodeltocephalus obliquus (Evans, 1938). —
  Knight, W.J. 1975. Deltocephalinae of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2(2): 169-208 [193]

 

Introduction

This species is a little darker than its congeners. It was originally described from NW Tasmania and a single female in BMNH attributed to the species is from Cabramatta, in the Sydney region of New South Wales, but this record remains unconfirmed until a male is found from this region.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas: King (KIN)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head, ventral surface pale reddish-brown, darkening posteriorly; muscle impressions on frontoclypeus black, oblique; eyes black. Crown of head pointed apically; muscle impressions visible on small semicircular areas lying on each side of the anterior margin of the head, between these impressions, crown black; the remainder yellow, marked with a regular pattern of light and dark brown. Pronotum short, anteriorly concolorous with the crown of the head, posteriorly grey. Scutellum yellow with two round black spots. Tegmen hyaline grey with a few irregular dark brown markings; veins white. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface pale yellowish brown; legs somewhat darker brown. Length 3 mm. (Evans 1938).

Knight (1975) described and illustrated the male genitalia.

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1938. Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea): Part VIII. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1938: 1-18 [16]

Knight, W.J. 1975. Deltocephalinae of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2(2): 169-208 [192–193]

 

History of changes

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