Species Empoascanara (Empoascanara) australensis Dworakowska, 1972
Empoascanara (Empoascanara) australensis Dworakowska, adult male.
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Species Empoascanara (Empoascanara) australensis Dworakowska, 1972
Compiler and date details
13 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Empoascanara australensis Dworakowska, I. 1972. Aaka gen. n., and some other Erythroneurini (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences. Série des Sciences Biologiques 20: 769-778 [772].
Type data:
Holotype AM K71525 ♂ (coll: light trap), Darwin, Northern Territory.
Introduction
This species was placed by Dworakowska (1992) into the limbata species group. It is distributed across the tropical north from the Darwin coast, along the coast of Queensland to the northeast of New South Wales.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Plains (GUP), New England Tablelands (NET), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: parenchyma feeder.
Diagnosis
This species bears a single round black spot at the apex of the head and the costal and claval areas of the tegmen are dark brown basally. It can be distinguished from other species of the genus with similar markings only by comparison with the male genitalia which were figured by Dworakowska (1972).
Diagnosis References
Dworakowska, I. 1972. Aaka gen. n., and some other Erythroneurini (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences. Série des Sciences Biologiques 20: 769-778 [772–773]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2012 | 13-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |