Species Dardus albomaculatus Distant, 1893

• 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

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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