Species Bilbilicallia truncatellum (Walker, 1851)
Compiler and date details
18 April 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Hysteropterum truncatellum Walker, F. 1851. List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 pp. 261-636. [377].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (presented by the Haslar Hospital; holotype by monotypy), New Holland.
Generic Combinations
- Bilbilicallia truncatellum (Walker, 1851). —
Gnezdilov, V.M., Drosopoulos, S. & Wilson, M.R. 2004. New data on taxonomy and distribution of some Fulgoroidea (Homoptera, Cicadina). Zoosystematica Rossica 12(2): 217-223 [222]
Introduction
Walker (1851) indicated that his only specimen of this species was a male by including "Mas." beside the species name. Its locality is unknown, given simply as "New Holland".
Distribution
Recorded from "Australia".
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Body tawny, short, broad and very deep; head very short and broad, more than half the breadth of the fore-wing; crown extremely short, adorned with contiguous black spots, its breadth more than eight times its length; front large, flat, subquadrate, tinged with black on the fore border, the hind border and the middle longitudinal ridge, its breadth less than twice its length; epistoma small, nearly heart-shaped, adorned on each side with oblique ferruginous bands; mouth tawny; eyes not prominent; fore-chest very short, nearly straight, adorned with black spots, its breadth more than eight times its length; middle-chest triangular, full twice the length of the fore-chest, adorned with two black spots; abdomen obconical, brown, not longer than the chest; hind borders of the segments yellow; legs tawny, rather stout; hind shanks armed with one spine; fore-wings tawny, coriaceous, nearly vertical, very broad, yellowish and slightly convex on the fore border, very convex and almost angular on the hind border, somewhat obliquely truncated at the tips; veins tawny; cross-veins very numerous, forming intricate ramifications; hind wings wanting. Length of the body 1½ line; of the wings 2½ lines (Walker 1851).
Diagnosis References
History of changes
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