Species Eurymela walkeri Metcalf, 1965

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• Eurymela walkeri Metcalf, Z.P. 1965. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI, Cicadelloidea. Part 12, Eurymelidae. Raleigh N.C. : North Carolina State College 43 pp. [18] [replacement name; for Eurymela suffusa Walker, 1858].
• Eurymela suffusa Walker, F. 1858. Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq. London : British Museum pp. 1-117. [83] [junior homonym; of Eurymela suffusa Walker, 1851].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH sex, quantity unknown, Australia.

Introduction

This species is unknown to the compiler and a comprehensive look at the genus Eurymela, particularly using molecular data if obtainable, may clarify its status. It is only known from "Australia" with no further details.

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Testacea; facies maculis duabus posticis guttisque quatuor anticis tesltceis; prothorax nigro quadrivittatus; scutellum nigrum, testaceo marginatum; abdomen fulvum, disco apicem versus nigro; pedes nigri, coxis femoribusque testaceis, his apice nigris, tarsis posticis basi testaceis ; alae anticae aeneo-nigrae, vitta lata obliqua lurida.
Testaceous. Face with a large black spot on each side between the eyes, and two black dots on each side in front. Prothorax with four black stripes. Scutellum black, with a testaceous border. Abdomen tawny; disk black above towards the tip. Legs black; coxae and femora testaceous, the latter black towards their tips; hind tarsi testaceous at the base. Fore wings aeneous-black, with a broad lurid stripe, which extends obliquely from the base to beyond the middle of the interior border. Hind wings blackish gray. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines (Walker 1858).

Diagnosis References

Walker, F. 1858. Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq. London : British Museum pp. 1-117. [83]

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