Species Austrocerus emarginatus Evans, 1941
Compiler and date details
28 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Austrocerus emarginatus Evans, J.W. 1941. New Australian leafhoppers. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65(1): 36-41 [39].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♀ (coll.: ii.1940, D.C. Swan), Flinders Chase, Kangaroo Is., South Australia.
Introduction
This very small yellow species, which is unknown to the compiler, is only recorded from the type locality on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA: Kanmantoo (KAN)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head ventral surface biscuit colour, eyes lemon. Crown wider in the centre than against the eyes, medially apricot coloured, laterally biscuit colour. Pronotum, scutellum and tegmen apricot. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface biscuit colour. Length 3 mm (Evans 1941).
Webb (1983) provides a description and figures of the male genitalia.
ID Keys
Webb 1983: 67
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1941. New Australian leafhoppers. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65(1): 36-41 [39]
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [68]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |