Species Machaerota finitima Jacobi, 1928
Compiler and date details
9 June 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Machaerota finitima Jacobi, A. 1928. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. Rhynchota, Homoptera. 1. Fulgoridae und Cercopidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 19A(28): 1-50 [45].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHRM ♀, Bellenden Ker, Queensland; NHRM ♀ (coll.: Dr Schlaginhaufen), Torricelligebirge, Irian Jaya, New Guinea.
Introduction
This species is shared between the wet tropics of North Queensland and the western part of New Guinea. It is probably more widespread in New Guinea but the species is not common in collections anywhere.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: xylem feeder.
Diagnosis
The two species of Machaerota occurring in Australia are easily distinguished by colour. This species is primarily brown with white markings. M. pugionata is red and black. The scutellar spine on M. finitima is also much longer and more curved than that of M. pugionata.
History of changes
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24-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |