Species Linacephalus subreticulatus (Kirkaldy, 1906)
Compiler and date details
16 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Dorycephalus subreticulatus Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [340].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BPBM sex, quantity unknown (coll: ii.1905), Sydney, New South Wales.
Generic Combinations
- Cephalelus subreticulatus (Kirkaldy, 1906). —
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [91] - Linacephalus subreticulatus (Kirkaldy, 1906). —
Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [94]
Introduction
This species, which was described from Sydney, New South Wales, but subsequently recorded also from SW Western Australia, is unknown to the compiler.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, WA: Sydney Basin (SB), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Allied to the preceding [Alocephalus ianthe (Kirkaldy)] but darker; the head narrows more towards the anterior margin and is more acute there. Pale testaceous, very closely and finely punctured and freckled with brownish and golden-yellow. Tegmina with brownish veins. Head nearly one-half longer than wide, 3½ times as wide as pronotum. Tegmina subreticulate. Length: 6½ mm. (Kirkaldy 1906).
Diagnosis References
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [340–341]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | 27-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |