Species Dictyophara concolor Walker, 1851

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dyctiophora concolor 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. [322].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH sex unknown (holotype by monotypy), locality unknown.

 

Introduction

The identity of this species is unknown to the current compiler. Walker's (1851) original description implied that he had a single specimen from an unknown locality. Distant (1906) appears to have matched other specimens to Walker's type and provided distribution for the species in "North Australia", Queensland and South Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Walker's (1851) original description gave no locality. Distant (1906) recorded the species from "North Australia", Queensland and South Australia.

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Body tawny, spindle-shaped; head ferruginous, ascending, indistinctly striated across, longer than the chest and full half its breadth, slightly tapering from the crown to the tip which is rounded, a little broader than deep, slightly mottled at the base beneath, without green stripes; chest with the usual ridges, but not striped with green; fore-chest almost conical in front, with a deep angular notch on the hind border; abdomen linear, conical towards the tip, longer than the chest; legs tawny, slightly grooved; hind-shanks armed with four black-tipped spines; hind feet broad; fore-wings slightly tinged with tawny; brand not much darker than the fore-wings, occupying one areolet which is very long; veins of the fore-wings tawny, of the hind-wings brown. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 9 lines. (Walker 1851)

 

Diagnosis References

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. [322–323]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Dec-2013	DICTYOPHARIDAE Spinola, 1839	29-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Murray Fletcher
11-Oct-2010		11-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)