Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Eurymela bakeri Evans, 1933

<i>Eurymela bakeri</i> Evans, adult.

Eurymela bakeri Evans, adult.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

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Species Eurymela bakeri Evans, 1933


Compiler and date details

4 August 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This species is smaller than the more common species of Eurymela but otherwise can be reliably differentiated only by examination of the male genitalia. It is not common in collections and is currently only known from the ACT and neighbouring parts of the southeastern highlands of New South Wales.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head black, maxillary plates white. Pronotum black, frequently the posterior margin is white. Scutellum black. Tegmen black with the costal and claval margins fulvous and having two white or grey fasciae; the anterior fascia is irregular in shape, frequently extending into the clavus, the posterior lunate, reaching transversely right across the tegmen, much wider at the costa than at the clavus. Front and middle legs with the coxae and proximal halves of the femora reddish, distal halves of the femora, tibiae and tarsi black; hind legs entirely reddish brown but for the apex of the tibia which is black and the first tarsal segment which is white. Abdomen ventral surface black. Male genitalia similar to those of E. erythrocnemis Burmeister, the ventral outgrowth from the base of the aedeagus differently shaped (Evans 1933).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019 02-Dec-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)