Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<I>Mapochiella woodwardi  </I>Evans, adult.

Mapochiella woodwardi Evans, adult.

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Species Mapochiella woodwardi Evans, 1966


Compiler and date details

1 July 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

Specimens which match the unusual head shape of this species are known from inland parts of the Northern Territory, Barrow Island in the Carnarvon region of Western Australia and northern New South Wales. Whether they are all the one species has yet to be determined.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

General coloration straw colour. Face of head with a post-apical basin-like depression on each side of the median keel. Crown of head straw colour mottled with brown with a pre-apical long, narrow depression at the apex of the median ridge and with lateral depressions on each side of the head. Pronotum straw colour with a median and post-ocular lateral ridges. Tegmen straw colour. Length ♂ 5.2 mm, of head 1.5 mm (Evans 1966).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019 13-Aug-2013 MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019 16-May-2012 MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019 05-Aug-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)