Species Batracomorphus latona Knight, 1983
Compiler and date details
9 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Batracomorphus latona Knight, W.J. 1983. The leafhopper genus Batracomorphus (Cicadellidae) in the eastern Oriental and Australian Regions. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 47(2): 27-210 [66].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM 12527 ♂ (coll.: ii.1961, L. & M. Gressitt), Mt Glorious, Queensland.
Introduction
This species is probably distributed in the SE corner of Queensland and the NE corner of New South Wales but Knight (1983) did not give details of the localities from whence his paratypes had been collected.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Knight (1983) notes that there are four paratypes from "New South Wales and Queensland" but does not give details of localities.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Male pygophore processes slender, directed posteriorly, turned abruptly medially just before midlength then curving gradually laterally, apex acute. Styles with apical process only slightly expanded over distal half, tapering to acute dorsally hooked apex. Aedeagus simple; shaft directly dorsally, turning anteriorly distally; gonopore extending to just basad of midlength; anterior incision extending slightly more basad than gonopore. Length ♂ 4.72–5.12 mm (Knight 1983).
ID Keys
Knight 1983: 37–50
Diagnosis References
Knight, W.J. 1983. The leafhopper genus Batracomorphus (Cicadellidae) in the eastern Oriental and Australian Regions. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 47(2): 27-210 [66]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 02-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |