Species Basilioterpa fasciata (Evans, 1966)

Basilioterpa fasciata (Evans), adult.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Carystoterpa fasciata Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [323].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: xii.1921, A. Musgrave), Erskine Valley, Lord Howe Island.
  Paratype(s) AM ♀ (coll.: xii.1921, A. Musgrave), Mt Lidgbird, Lord Howe Island.

Generic Combinations

• Basilioterpa fasciata (Evans, 1966). —
  Hamilton, K.G.A. & Morales, C.F. 1992. Cercopidae (Insecta: Homoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 25: 1-35 [12]

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: xylem feeder.

Diagnosis

Length, male 6 mm, female 7-8 mm. General coloration brown, brown with pale markings, or green, with a longitudinal streak on the tegmen. Very similar in general appearance to C. fingens (NZ), differing in having completely brown forms, in addition to those with three, or more, pale markings on the tegmen, and in characteristics furnished by the male genitalia. Male genitalia figured (Evans 1966).

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [323]

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