Species Lubra spinicornis (Walker, 1862)
Lubra spinicornis (Walker), adult, frontal view, typical form.
© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.
Lubra spinicornis (Walker), adult.
© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.
Lubra spinicornis (Walker), adult, frontal view, variant.
© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.
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Species Lubra spinicornis (Walker, 1862)
Compiler and date details
9 April 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Oxyrhachis spinicornis Walker, F. 1862. Characters of undescribed species of Homoptera in the collection of F.P. Pascoe, F.L.S. Journal of Entomology A 1: 303-319 [316].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀ (Miss Pascoe), Moreton Bay, Queensland. - Lubra regalis Goding, F.W. 1903. A monograph of the Australian Membracidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 2-41 [30].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown sex unknown (coll.: Tryon, FWG collection), Brisbane, Queensland.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [288] (synonymy of L. regalis)
Generic Combinations
- Lubra spinicornis (Walker, 1862). —
Goding, F.W. 1903. A monograph of the Australian Membracidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 2-41 [29]
Introduction
This is a very distinctive but quite variable species. The two lateral pronotal processes are expanded apically to varying degrees, being anywhere from slightly bulbous at the tip to being expanded laterally so that the inner margins of the two processes meet in the centreline (the images provided here show both extremes). The species is reasonably common in coastal eastern mainland Australia from SE Queensland to the Sydney basin of New South Wales.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Faem. Picea; thorax carinatus, cornibus duobus crassis ascendentibus subarcuatis apices versus reticulatis spinas duas emittentibus, spina postica elongata; pectoris latera albida; alae cinereo-hyalinae, venis piceis.
Female. Piceous. Thorax punctured, keeled, with two thick ascending, slightly inclined forward, and curved and diverging horns, which are thickly and rudely reticulated towards the tips, where they are armed with a spine on the outer side; hind part of the thorax forming a spine which extends to the tips of the fore-wings and a little beyond the abdomen. Pectus whitish on each side. Wings cinereous hyaline; veins piceous. Length of the body 3½ lines; of the wings 8 lines (Walker 1862).
Diagnosis References
Walker, F. 1862. Characters of undescribed species of Homoptera in the collection of F.P. Pascoe, F.L.S. Journal of Entomology A 1: 303-319 [316–317]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2012 | 16-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Apr-2012 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |