Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<I>Ezrana primitiva </I>Evans, adult female

Ezrana primitiva Evans, adult female

<I>Ezrana primitiva </I>Evans, dorsal view of head.

Ezrana primitiva Evans, dorsal view of head.

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Species Ezrana primitiva Evans, 1969


Compiler and date details

22 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher

Introduction

This species is quite distinctive in the shape of the head and the structure of the thorax. The species is only known from females but its known distribution is quite disparate between the wet tropics of North Queensland and the drier Nandewar region of northern New South Wales.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

General coloration brown. Face of head concave with sparse, fine, white hairs. Labium short, not reaching to base of middle coxae. Maxillary plates with marginal ridge partly enfolding anteclypeus laterally. Postclypeus shining brown, anteriorly convex, medially concave; posteriorly depressed in centre and laterally raised. Lora unusually broad, extending posteriorly as channel-like depressions to narrowly elongate, anterior tentorial pits. Crown of head rugose with irregularly pitted surface. Pronotum posteriorly elevated, posteromedially carinate. Tegmen proximally punctate, distally hyaline; veins brown, in relief, venation reticulate; anal margin of clavus proximally carinate. Length ♀ 18 mm (Evans 1969).

 

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)