Species Macropsis eburneus Evans, 1942
Compiler and date details
26 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Macropsis eburneus Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [153].
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 is one of five species of Macropsini described by Evans (1942) from Dedari in the Coolgardie region of Western Australia. All were based on female holotypes.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IBRA
WA: Coolgardie (COO)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head ivory with brown punctures, frontoclpyeus medially brown with dense dark brown punctures; muscle impressions smooth, yellowish brown. Crown visible only narrowly against the eyes. Pronotum anteriorly cream with dense brown anteriorly-directed striations, steeply declivous, posteriorly grey with scattered brown punctures. Scutellum orange brown with black punctures. Tegmen hyaline with scattered small brown spots, mostly on and along the sides of the veins. Thorax ventral surface black, edged with brown. Legs cream with brown markings. Abdomen ventral surface black, the hind margin of each segment cream. Length 4.5 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 [153]
History of changes
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