Species Euacanthella bicolor Evans, 1938

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• Euacanthella bicolor Evans, J.W. 1938. Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea): Part VIII. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1938: 1-18 [9].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: J.W. Evans), Snug, Tasmania.

 

Introduction

This species was synonymised with E. palustris by Evans (1966: 143), but reinstated by Evans (1974: 174) who listed Wilson's Valley (Kosciuszko region) and Katoomba (Blue Mountains) in New South Wales, in addition to the original Tasmanian record.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Sydney Basin (SB), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head ventrally brown mottled with yellowish brown, crown slightly paler in colour. Pronotum concolorous with the crown. tegmen fully developed, pale hyaline brown, veins white, wings developed. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface white mottled with grey. Fore and middle legs pale brown; hind legs white, spurs brown. Male genitalia with a long process arising from the base of the pygophore. Length 5.5 mm. (Evans 1938).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1938. Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea): Part VIII. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1938: 1-18 [9]

 

General References

Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [143]

Evans, J.W. 1974. New Caledonian leafhoppers and the systematic position of Kosmiopelix Kirkaldy and Euacanthella Evans (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 16(2-3): 165-175 [174]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		17-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
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