Species Malipo bianchii Evans, 1966

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• Malipo bianchii Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [55].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♀ (coll.: x.1930, P.W. Grogan), Brisbane, Queensland.

 

Introduction

M. bianchii is well represented in collections from New South Wales and Queensland. It is a reasonably large species with distinct pale fascia on the wings and the crown visible dorsally throughout its width.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head wider than long, anteclypeus and lora flat, head colour pale yellowish brown mottled with dark brown or black; maxillary plates and lora buff. Pronotum and scutellum greyish yellow mottled with dark brown or black. Tegmen pale yellowish hyaline sparsely mottled with dark brown or black; apically largely transparent and with a broad anterior white fascia which extends from the costal border to vein Cu1. Length ♂, ♀, 7–7.5 mm (Evans 1966)

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [55]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		02-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)