Species Horcoma colorata (Motshulsky, 1863)
Compiler and date details
10 January 2014 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Delphax colorata Motschulsky, V. von 1863. Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'îIle Ceylan. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 36(3): 1-153 [110].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown sex and quantity unknown, near Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Generic Combinations
- Horcoma colorata (Motshulsky, 1863). —
Fennah, R.G. 1975. Homoptera: Delphacidae from Ceylon. Entomologica Scandinavica. Supplementum 4: 79-136 [113]
Introduction
This species has two subspecies which were derived from Fennah (1975) placing Delphacodes lacteipennis Muir as a second subspecies to the nominal subspecies colorata which is restricted to Sri Lanka. Only H. colorata lacteipennis is known from Australia.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
IBRA
NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
- Bellis, G.A., Donaldson, J.F., Quintao, V., Rice, A., Tenakanai, D. & Tran-Nguyen, L. 2013. New records of Delphacini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae) from Australia, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea, and an updated checklist of Delphacini from Australia. Austral Entomology 1–8 [Pagination is from electronic version; print version Austral Entomology (2014) 53, 167–174] [4]
Diagnosis
"Tantum D. albicolli sed color magis nigrescens, antennis nigris, pedibus nigropiceo annulatis, tarsis posticis digitatis, capite vertice albo- 4 carinatis, carininulis mediis antice triangulariter conjunctis; thorace transverso, subopaco, nigro, postice lato arcuato, medio subinflexo, carinulis vix distinctis, lateraliter roseo; hoc limbo antico albissimo, medio leviter sinuato; scutello trianguilari, nigro-piceo; hemelytris hyalinis, nervis antice testaceis, postice infuscatis, costa laterali nigra, abdomine nigro, segmento antico supra rubro, medio infuscato, penultimis approximatis sordido-pallidis. Long 3/4 l. lat. cap. 1/4 l." (Motschulsky 1863).
Diagnosis References
Motschulsky, V. von 1863. Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'îIle Ceylan. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 36(3): 1-153 [110–111]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELPHACIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Jan-2014 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |