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<i>Massila walkeri</i> Kirkaldy, adult

Massila walkeri Kirkaldy, adult

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Species Massila walkeri Kirkaldy, 1906


Compiler and date details

31 March 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This species is known from the Sydney Basin of New South Wales and SE Queensland but it has also been collected on Rhizophora stylosa Griff. (Rhizophoraceae) mangroves at Saunders Beach in the northern coastal portion of the North Brigalow Belt (BBN) in Queensland.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Agrees fairly well with the description of M. sicca, except that the transverse veins in the tegmina, specks in the reticulations, claval granules (at least in part) are pale sanguineous; this is so conspicuous that Walker could hardly have had this species before him when describing sicca, unless he had alcoholic material. Length: 7 mm. (Kirkaldy 1906).

 

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)
02-May-2011 02-May-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)