Species Katipo signoreti Evans, 1934

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• Katipo signoreti Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [161].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: J.W. Evans), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

 

Introduction

This species can also have the tegmen venation coloured red and this form can be confused with K. rubrivenosa which is common in the southeastern parts of the Australian mainland. K. signoreti is also recorded from SW Western Australia. Examination of the male genitalia is necessary to confirm identifications.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder (associated flora: Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden, 1917 [MYRTACEAE] Blakely's Red Gum).

 

Diagnosis

Head yellowish brown with or without a median black longitudinal stripe stretching from the base of the clypeus to the dorsal margin of the frons; crown and vertex black spotted with cream and white. Pronotum grey mottled with black or pale brown. Scutellum coloured with a variable pattern of brown and black or entirely brown. Tegmen hyaline, suffused with pale brown and dotted with numerous round transparent and whitish spots. Thorax, legs and abdomen yellow and black or entirely yellowish. Male subgenital plates with an apical hook-like process; aedeagus without any posterior dorsal spines. Length 5 mm; head width 2.2 mm (Evans 1934).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [161]

 

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