Species Eurymelops generosa (Stål, 1865)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eurymela generosa Stål, C. 1865. Homoptera nova vel minus cognita. Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm 22: 145-165 [156].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM ♂ ♀, quantity unknown, Moreton Bay, Queensland.
• Eurymela bunda Distant, W.L. 1908. On some Australian Homoptera. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 52: 97-111 [106].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, quantity unknown (coll.: Distant), Peak Downs, Queensland.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Evans, J.W. 1933. A revision of the Eurymelini (Homoptera: Bythoscopidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 73-90 [82] (synonymy of E. bunda)

 

Generic Combinations

• Eurymelops generosa (Stål, 1865). —
  Evans, J.W. 1933. A revision of the Eurymelini (Homoptera: Bythoscopidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 73-90 [82]

 

Introduction

This subtropical species is mainly red with black banding. Evans (1933) gave its distribution as Western Australia but the type localities for both synonyms are in Queensland and Evans (1966) limited the distribution to localities in Queensland.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Rufescente-testacea, pilosula; capite, thorace, fasciis duabus erosis tegminum, prostethio, genitalibus, apice femorum, tibiis tarsisque nigris; loris, genis, macula subapicali frontis, fascia basali verticis margineque apicali thoracis medio interrupto rufo-testaceis; alis fuscis; tarsis posticis articulo primo flavotestaceo. ♂, ♀ Long. 14, Lat. 6 mm. (Stål 1865).

Head entirely ochreous or reddish-testaceous, with bluish black irregular markings on the frons and vertex. Pronotum and scutellum bluish black or testaceous, or marked with a combination of both colours. Tegmen reddish testaceous with two transverse bluish black fasciae that extend from the hind margin of the tegmen to close to the costal margin; these fasciae may be broken up into small irregular black areas not forming a band; apical area of the tegmen a hyaline brownish ochreous. Legs, coxae and proximal halves of femora red; distal halves of femora, tibiae and tarsi black. Abdomen ventral surface reddish testaceous; genital and anal segments black; subgenital plates in the male with an oblique yellow stripe. Length 14 mm (Evans 1933).

 

ID Keys

Evans 1966: 73

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1933. A revision of the Eurymelini (Homoptera: Bythoscopidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 73-90 [82–83]

Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [73]

Stål, C. 1865. Homoptera nova vel minus cognita. Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm 22: 145-165 [156]

 

General References

Evans, J.W. 1933. A revision of the Eurymelini (Homoptera: Bythoscopidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 73-90 [83]

Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [75]

 

History of changes

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