Species Kallitaxila granulata (Stål, 1870)

Kallitaxila granulata (Stål), adult.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Taxila granulata Stål, C. 1870. Hemiptera insularum Philippinarum. Bidrag till Philippinska oarnes Hemipter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm 27: 607-776 [750].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM ♂ ♀, quantity unknown, Philippines.

Generic Combinations

• Kallitaxila granulata (Stål, 1870). —
  Kirkaldy, G.W. 1901. Miscellenea Rhynchotalia. The Entomologist 34: 5-6 [6]

Introduction

The distribution of this species between Christmas Island and the Philippines raises questions about where else it occurs. It may have been introduced to Christmas Island but further collecting in Indonesia may reveal that the species' distribution is much more extensive in SE Asia than is currently known.

Distribution

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Pallide subolivaceo-flavescens vel virescens, carinis verticis, thoracis et scutelli interdum magis virescentibus; tegminibus concoloribus, subhyalinis; vertice transverso, antice obtuse rotundato, vix duplo latiore quam longiore; fronte nonnihil longiore quam inter angulos laterales latiore, basi obtusissime rotundata, basi quam apice paullo latiore. ♂ ♀ Long, corp. 4, long, cum tegm. 5½ mm. (Stål 1870).

Diagnosis References

Stål, C. 1870. Hemiptera insularum Philippinarum. Bidrag till Philippinska oarnes Hemipter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm 27: 607-776 [750]

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