Species Anacornutipo lignosa (Walker, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eurymela lignosa Walker, F. 1858. List of specimens of Homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Supplement. London : British Museum (Natural History) 369 pp. [166].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH sex? (presented by the Haslar Hospital), Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Anacornutipo lignosa (Walker, 1858). —
  Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [163]

 

Introduction

A small but nicely marked brown species with a distinctive "lip" at the bottom of the frontoclypeus. The species is widespread and common across southern Australia, particularly in drier areas where it is associated with eucalypts.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder (associated flora: Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE]).

 

Diagnosis

Fusca, testaceo conspersa, subtus testacea; prothorax fascia antica interrupta vittaque lata strigam nigram includente albidotestaceis ferrugineo notatis, scutello obscure fusca; abdomen testaceum; pedes testacei, nigro fasciati; alae anticae lituris posticis, striga subcostali, vitta lata exteriore costali fasciaque subapicali testaceis; posticae vitreae. Brown, speckled with testaceous, testaceous beneath. Prothorax whitish testaceous, with ferruginous marks along each side of the fore border, and with a broad stripe of the same hue, including a black streak. Scutellum dark brown. Abdomen and legs testaceous, the latter with black bands. Fore wings with testaceous marks along the interior border, and with a testaceous subcostal streak, which joins a broad exterior costal testaceous stripe, the latter united to a testaceous subapical band. Hind wings vitreous. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 4½ lines (Walker 1858).

 

Diagnosis References

Walker, F. 1858. List of specimens of Homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Supplement. London : British Museum (Natural History) 369 pp. [166–167]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2023	MEMBRACOIDEA	26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
10-May-2022	CICADOMORPHA	24-May-2023	MODIFIED
02-Jun-2021	AUCHENORRHYNCHA	26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019	CICADELLIDAE Latreille, 1825	26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Murray Fletcher
05-Dec-2019		26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
		26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED