Species Austroasca merredinensis Lower, 1952
Austroasca merredinensis Lower, adult female.
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Species Austroasca merredinensis Lower, 1952
Compiler and date details
6 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Austroasca (Austroasca) merredinensis Lower, H.F. 1952. A revision of Australian species previously referred to the genus Empoasca (Cicadellidae: Homoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 76(5-6): 190-221 [213].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: 3.iv.1940, C.F.H. Jenkins, Atriplex sp.), Merredin, Western Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Empoasca merredinensis (Lower, 1952). —
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [264] - Austroasca merredinensis Lower, 1952 [Austroasca Lower was synonymised with Empoasca Walsh by Evans (1966) who listed all the included species as new combinations. Ghauri (1967) regarded the two genera as being separate and this was accepted by Evans (1977). However, the reinstated combinations were not listed by either author and first reappeared in Day & Fletcher (1994)]. —
Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. 1994. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1117-1288 [1224]
Introduction
Although described from SW Western Australia, this species is well known in south eastern Australia on saltbush, Atriplex spp (Chenopodiaceae). A single record from the Northern Territory needs to be confirmed.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: parenchyma feeder (associated flora: Atriplex sp. [CHENOPODIACEAE]).
Diagnosis
General coloration (spirit specimens) light brownish. Anterior margin of crown bluntly angularly produced. Length ♂ 3.9 mm, ♀ 4.4 mm (Evans 1966).
Lower (1952) provides a comprehensive description (pp.213–214) and figures of the male genitalia (p.204).
ID Keys
Lower 1952: 211–212
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [264]
Lower, H.F. 1952. A revision of Australian species previously referred to the genus Empoasca (Cicadellidae: Homoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 76(5-6): 190-221 [204, 213–214]
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 |
| 17-Feb-2015 | Empoascini Distant, 1908 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Murray Fletcher |
| 13-Oct-2014 | Empoascini Distant, 1908 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Murray Fletcher |
| 05-Dec-2019 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED |