Species Ishidaella tumida (Evans, 1966)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Kolla tumida Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [148].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♀ (coll.: C. Crowe), Berrima, New South Wales.

 

Generic Combinations

• Ishidaella tumida (Evans, 1966). —
  Young, D.A. 1986. Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) Part 3. Old World Cicadellini. Technical Bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service 281: 1-639 [128]

 

Introduction

This species, which tends to be a little darker than others of the genus, is found along the coastal areas of New South Wales and southeastern Victoria.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: xylem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Face of head orange, the anteclypeus and the longitudinal stripes on the frontoclypeus black. Apex of head with a circular black marking. Pronotum and scutellum orange with black markings. Scutellum orange, lateral corner black. Tegmen bluish black with a narrow yellowish stripe along the costal margin. Length ♀, 7 mm (Evans 1966).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [148]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		02-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		24-Jun-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)