Species Dardus albomaculatus Distant, 1893

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• Dardus albomaculatus Distant, W.L. 1893. Contributions to a knowledge of the homopterous family Fulgoridae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1892: 275-286 [282].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH sex, quantity unknown, Peak Downs, Queensland.

Introduction

The identity of this species needs to be established by examination of Distant's type material.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Head, thorax and legs brownish ochraceous; abdomen pale sanguineous; pronotum, with the posterior margin and a central linear fascia, greyish white; apices of the femora, anterior and intermediate tibiae and tarsi, and bases and apices of the posterior tibiae, fuscous. Tegmina brownish ochraceous; a claval streak and spots, a short broad fascia between clavus and costa, a broad transverse macular fascia near apex, and some marginal apical spots, greyish white. Wings pale fuscous. Long. 6 millim.
Allied to D. abbreviatus, Guér., but distinguished by the differently marked tegmina, &c. (Distant 1893)

Diagnosis References

Distant, W.L. 1893. Contributions to a knowledge of the homopterous family Fulgoridae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1892: 275-286 [282–283]

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