Species Ipoella norrisi Evans, 1939
Ipoella norrisi Evans, adult.
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Species Ipoella norrisi Evans, 1939
Compiler and date details
25 August 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Ipoella norrisi Evans, J.W. 1939. Some new Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63(1): 44-50 [48].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: K. Norris), Fremantle, Western Australia.
Introduction
This species has a quite disjunct distribution covering inland desert areas, coastal regions and both tropical and temperate parts of mainland Australia. Whether all specimens are the same species probably needs to be checked. The species is brown with pale mottling which is not distinctive.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Northern Kimberley (NK), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder (associated flora: Dodonaea attenuata Cunningham [SAPINDACEAE]).
Diagnosis
Head pale biscuit colour with or without black or brown markings on the frontoclypeus and vertex. Pronotum pale brown or black mottled with grey. Scutellum marked with an irregular black and brown pattern. Tegmen pale hyaline white partially suffused with light or dark brown and with small anterior and posterior white fasciae that do not extend as far as the anal border. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface pale brown. Length 6 mm (Evans 1939)
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1939. Some new Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63(1): 44-50 [48–50]
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 |