Species Ipo moorei Evans, 1969

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• Ipo moorei Evans, J.W. 1969. Notes on the Eurymelidae (Homoptera; Cicadelloidea) and some new species from Eastern and Western Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 81(4): 51-55 [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: v.1966, K. Moore), Normanton, Queensland.

 

Introduction

This medium sized brownish species is distinguished by the male genitalia from other species of the genus. It is only known from the type locality at Normanton, North Queensland. The J.W. Evans collection includes seven specimens (on five mounts) matching the type data and these may be considered to be additional paratypes.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Gulf Plains (GUP)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE]).

 

Diagnosis

General coloration greyish mottled with light brown. Face of head anterior to antennae, pale whitish, posterior to antennae mottled with pale or dark brown. Eyes, as seen from above, extending considerably beyond the sides of the pronotum. Pronotum greyish mottled with a variable pattern of pale or dark brown. Scutellum mottled brown, usually darker than the pronotum. Tegmen vitreous, sometimes with an obscure anterior white fascia; veins brown or white. Male genitalia with broad parameres and subgenital plates. Length ♂ 5–5.6 mm, ♀ 5–6.6 mm. (Evans 1969).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1969. Notes on the Eurymelidae (Homoptera; Cicadelloidea) and some new species from Eastern and Western Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 81(4): 51-55 [54]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2023	MEMBRACOIDEA	26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
10-May-2022	CICADOMORPHA	24-May-2023	MODIFIED
02-Jun-2021	AUCHENORRHYNCHA	26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019	CICADELLIDAE Latreille, 1825	26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Murray Fletcher
05-Dec-2019		26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
		26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED