Species Macropsis (Parapediopsis) citronella Hamilton, 1980
Compiler and date details
23 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Macropsis (Parapediopsis) citronella Hamilton, K.G.A. 1980. Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist 112: 875-932 [914].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH ♀ (coll.: 26-29.vii.1948, 152 m, L.J. Brass), Wenlock, Batavia R., Queensland.
Introduction
This is the only Australian species of Macropsis placed to subgenus by Hamilton (1980). It is only known from the type locality on Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Golden orange, basal third of tegmina lemon yellow; tegmina traversed by two whitish hyaline bands. Head as in M. gressitti [Hamilton], but face minutely punctured, striae obscure and arcuate, lora distinct, not narrowed by lobes of frons, ocelli only slightly closer to eyes than to midline of face. Pronotum as in gressitti but striae fine, posteriorly transverse, median carina faintly indicated anteriorly, obsolete posteriorly. Tegmina with three anteapical cells. Hind tibiae each armed with seven stout lateral macrosetae mounted on enlarged bases. Female genitalia: seventh sternite 1/3 longer than preceding sternum, transverse, bearing two shallow lobes either side of shallow median excavation. Length ♀ 3.7 mm (Hamilton 1980).
Diagnosis References
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1980. Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist 112: 875-932 [914]
History of changes
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