Species Balocerus triozus Webb, 1983
Compiler and date details
28 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Balocerus triozus Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [47].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♂ (coll.: 10.ix.1928, H. Hacker), Mt Mee, Queensland.
Introduction
This species has been recorded from the wet tropics of North Queensland and SE Queensland. Webb (1983) also recorded it from New South Wales but the locality, N. Pine River, is in SE Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished by the brown markings on the head and pronotum, by the scarlet markings on the forewing and by the shape of the paired dorsoanterior processes of the aedeagus (Webb 1983).
ID Keys
Webb 1983: 46
Diagnosis References
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [47]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |