Species Chinaella argentata Evans, 1936

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• Chinaella argentata Evans, J.W. 1936. The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935: 61-83 [77].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♀ (coll.: A. Brumby), Everard Ranges, South Australia.

 

Introduction

This species has been found in inland areas of South Australia and the Northern Territory. Nothing is known of its biology.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA: Central Ranges (CR), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head cream colour, mottled with pale reddish brown. Pronotum steeply declivous, golden yellow flecked with brown. Scutellum reddish yellow. Tegmen proximally brownish yellow, distally yellowish white; veins brown, venation reticulate. Thorax ventral surface and legs pale brown. Abdomen ventral surface white suffused with very pale brown; genital segments brown. Length 4.5 mm (Evans 1936)

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1936. The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935: 61-83 [77]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		13-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		16-May-2012	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		01-Jun-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)