Species Macropsis fuscoguttatus Day & Fletcher, 1994
Compiler and date details
26 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Macropsis fuscoguttatus Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. 1994. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1117-1288 [1152] [replacement name; for Macropsis fuscopunctatus (Evans, 1942)].
- Oncopsis fuscopunctatus Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [155] [junior homonym; of Macropsis fuscopunctatus Merino, 1936].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: ix.1935, R.E. Turner), Dongara, 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 fuscopunctatus Evans, 1942. —
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [166]
Introduction
This is one of the few species of Macropsini described by Evans and based on a male holotype. It is known from a number of localities in the south west of Western Australia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head pale brownish yellow, eyes brown. Crown narrowly visible against the eyes on each side. Pronotum slightly declivous anteriorly, ochreous brown with brown punctures. Scutellum orange brown with a few scattered brown spots. Tegmen pale brownish hyaline partially suffused with brown. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface black; legs yellow. Length 4 mm (Evans 1942, as Oncopsis fuscopunctatus Evans).
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
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 23-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
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