Species Eurymelella tonnoiri Evans, 1939

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Regional Maps

• Eurymelella tonnoiri Evans, J.W. 1939. Some new Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63(1): 44-50 [47].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: A.L. Tonnoir), Alpine Creek, Mt Kosciuszko, New South Wales.

 

Introduction

This species is unusual in the Ipoini in being shiny black with white markings, colouring which is more typical of the Eurymelini, but the species lacks accessory styles on the subgenital plates which is the defining feature of the Ipoini. It has been found mainly in alpine regions of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head black but for the lora which are in part pale brown and the crown which has four white spots. Pronotum black but for the hind border which is in part white. Scutellum black. Tegmen black with irregular hyaline areas, veins brown; a narrow sinuate white fascia stretches diagonally from close to the junction of the radius and media to the second anal vein. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface and legs marked with an irregular pattern of black and brown. Length 5 mm (Evans 1939).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1939. Some new Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63(1): 44-50 [47–48]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		02-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)