Species Aprivesa exuta (Melichar, 1898)

Aprivesa exuta (Melichar), adult

© Copyright David Gray. c/- Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Privesa exuta Melichar, L. 1898. Vorläufige Beschreibungen neuer Ricaniiden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 48: 384-400 [396].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NRS sex, quantity unknown, Moreton Bay, Queensland; NRS sex, quantity unknown, Cape York, Queensland; BMNH sex, quantity unknown (Distant collection), Gayndah, Queensland
  Comment: type series includes both sexes.

Generic Combinations

• Aprivesa exuta (Melichar, 1898). —
  Melichar, L. 1923. Homoptera. Fam. Acanaloniidae, Flatidae et Ricaniidae. Genera Insectorum 182: 1-185 [144]

Introduction

This is the most common and widespread species of the genus. It has been recorded from inland New South Wales as well as coastal regions from Sydney to Cape York Peninsula in North Queensland. An examination of the genitalia across this wide distribution will determine if there is only one species represented across the range. Its dark brown forewings with distinctive pale markings differentiates it from other described species.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE] Broad Leaved Paperbark).

Diagnosis

Körper rostbraun. Stirne blassgelb mit einer dunklen Querbinde am oberen Rande. Flügeldecken braun hell gesprinkelt, am Costalrande drei hyaline weisse Flecke. Flügel hyalin, am Hinterrande rauchbraun. Hinterleib und Beine braun. Länger des Körpers 6 mm; Spannweite der Flügeldecken 18–20 mm (Melichar 1898).

Diagnosis References

Melichar, L. 1898. Vorläufige Beschreibungen neuer Ricaniiden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 48: 384-400 [396]

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