Species Macropsis citrinus Evans, 1942
Compiler and date details
26 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Macropsis citrinus Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [154].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀ (coll.: i.1936 R.E. Turner), Dedari, 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).
Introduction
This species is one of three which are coloured orange, the others being M. declivus Evans and M. (Parapediopsis) citronella Hamilton. This one is only known from the type locality in the Coolgardie bioregion of Western Australia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Coolgardie (COO)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head, pronotum and scutellum bright orange. Tegmen narrow apically, colourless hyaline, veins pale brown. Thorax ventral surface black. Legs orange, spurs on the hind tibia black. Abdomen ventral surface black. Length 4 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 [154]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 23-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |