Species Dipsiathus obscurifrons Emeljanov, 2005

Dispsiathus obscurifrons Emeljanov, paratype male

Dipsiathus obscurifrons Emeljanov, paratype male, closeup of body

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dipsiathus obscurifrons Emeljanov, A.F. 2005. New genera and species of the Family Achilidae (Homoptera). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 84 1: 10-45 [25].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (coll: G. Daniels, 14.i.1978, c 1370m), Mt Kaputar National Park, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) ZIL ♀ (coll: A. Emeljanov), Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, 35km SW Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; AM ♀ (coll: Dr K.K. Spence, x.1931), Kurrajong, New South Wales; AM ♂ (coll: G.& C. Davis, 7.i.1937), Pieman Bridge, Tasmania; AM ♂ (coll: D.K. McAlpine & B.J. Day, 10.ii.1979), Wilson's Valley, Snowy Mtns, New South Wales; AM K55574 ♀ (coll: 5.ix.1924), Narara, New South Wales; AM ♀ (coll: A. Musgrave, 17.x.1920), Nepean River, New South Wales; ANIC ♀ (coll: Z. Liepa, 15.viii.1967, 400ft, collected as nymphs on bracket fungus), eastern foothills, Clyde Mountain, New South Wales; ASCU ♂ (coll: A.N[eboiss], 8.i.1957, ex J.W. Evans collection, donated 1986), Glenburn, Victoria; ANIC ♂ (coll: D.F. Waterhouse, 29.xi.1959), nr Seaman's Hut, Snowy Mtns, New South Wales; ANIC ♀ (coll: W.J. Robinson, 11.xii.1973), Minnamurra Falls, New South Wales; ANIC ♀ (coll: E.F. Riek, 3.xii.1961), Bolairo, New South Wales; AM ♂ (coll: W. Heron), Ulong, East Dorrigo, New South Wales; ZIL ♂ (coll: V. Zherikhin, 11.xi.1999), Mole Creek, Trowunha Wildlife Park, Tasmania.

Introduction

A widespread but not common species. The species has been found from coastal localities as well as in the Snowy Mountains. Little is known of its biology although one specimen was collected as a nymph on a bracket fungus.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: sap-feeder.

Nymph: fungivore.

Diagnosis

Tegmina apically truncate, glassy clear with brown markings. Well defined large pterostigmatic area with dense reticulate veins. Hind wing with brown infuscation around apex.

History of changes