Species Macropsis tasmaniensis Evans, 1936
Compiler and date details
26 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Macropsis tasmaniensis Evans, J.W. 1936. The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935: 61-83 [65].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♀ (coll.: A.M. Lea), Mt Wellington summit, Hobart, Tasmania.
Introduction
This small pale brown species is known from a number of localities in Tasmania, including locations of reasonably high altitude.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Tas: Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head very pale yellowish brown with dark brown punctures and two very dark brown arcuate markings on the frons; eyes dark brown; crown from above visible as a wide border between the eyes, of equal width throughout. Pronotum almost flat; greyish brown with dark brown punctures and two dark brown oval markings against the anterior border laterally. Scutellum yellowish brown with brown punctures. Tegmen hyaline, clavus grey; veins brown barred with white. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface dark brown. Legs dark brown but for the bases of the spines on the hind tibiae which are black and the first tarsal segment of the hind tibiae which is very pale brown. Length 3 mm, head width 1.2 mm (Evans 1936).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1936. The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935: 61-83 [65]
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) |