Species Aloplemmeles colorata Evans, 1966
Compiler and date details
15 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Aloplemmeles colorata Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [211].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♀ (coll.: Hale & Tindale), Mount Serle, North Flinders Range, South Australia.
Introduction
This species, which is unknown to the compiler, is only known from the type locality in the North Flinders Range of South Australia. Access to type material in the South Australian Museum is more difficult than with most other public collections.
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
General coloration yellowish (possibly green in life) suffused with pink. Face of head wider than long. Frontoclypeus entirely flat, posteriorly overhung by the thickened vertex. Margin of head pink surrounding the eyes with a brown stripe along the dorsal edge. Crown yellowish, partly suffused with pink; a pair of small dark brown markings midway between eyes and coronal suture. Coronal suture pink, extending almost as far as anterior margin of crown. Pronotum pinkish brown with numerous small dark brown markings anterolaterally and a median pink stripe which extends posteriorly onto the scutellum. Scutellum apically pink. Tegmen with normal venation, colourless-hyaline; veins brownish yellow. Length ♀ 8.8 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 [211]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 02-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |