Species Macropsis bicoloratus (Evans, 1942)
Compiler and date details
26 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Oncopsis bicoloratus Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [155].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: xi.1935, R.E. Turner), Yanchep, Western Australia.Type locality references:
Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. 1994. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1117-1288 [1120] (details of R.E. Turner's collecting sites in Australia).
Generic Combinations
- Macropsis bicoloratus (Evans, 1942). —
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [165]
Introduction
This species is only known from the type locality in the Swan Valley of Western Australia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head yellow with dark brown punctures, muscle impressions on frontoclypeus black. Crown narrowly visible against the eyes on each side. Pronotum and scutellum yellow with sparse brown punctures. Tegmen pale hyaline brown irregularly mottled with brown; veins brown. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface black. Legs marked with a black and pale brown pattern. Length 3.5 mm (Evans 1942).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [155]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | 23-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |