Species Hackeriana translucens Evans, 1942
Compiler and date details
3 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Hackeriana translucens Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [152].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: 9.i.1936, R.E. Turner), Burracoppin, Western Australia.Type locality references:
Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. 1994. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1117-1288 [1120] (details of R.E. Turner's collecting sites in Australia).
Introduction
This species is unknown to the compiler. It was originally described from the Avon Wheatbelt of SW Western Australia but was also listed from the Eltham district of Victoria by Evans (1966).
Distribution
States
Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head ventral surface greenish yellow, eyes red. Ocelli marginal, closer to the narrow apex of the head than to the eyes on each side. Crown pale greenish yellow with faint oval white markings, a central triangular area flat, laterally declivous. Pronotum and scutellum concolorous with the crown. Tegmen colourless hyaline, veins green. Thorax and abdomen, ventral surface, yellow. Male genitalia: parameres spanner-shaped, pygophores long and narrow. Length 7 mm (Evans 1942).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [152]
General References
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [129]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2011 | 20-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |