Species Musgraviella tasmaniensis Evans, 1966

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• Musgraviella tasmaniensis Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [187].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♀ (coll.: 22.i.1928, A. Musgrave), Tasman Pen., Tasmania.

 

Introduction

This yellow species with variable brown markings is only known from females. It is recorded from Tasmania and from Katoomba in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Sydney Basin (SB), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Yellow marked with brown on anterior margin of head, medial region of face, on pronotum and scutellum, veins of forewing and dorsum of abdomen. Female genitalia with posterior margin of pregenital sternite with a small medial notch, second valvulae with teeth indistinct. Expanded apex of third valvulae nearly 1½ times length of narrow basal region and extended about 4/5 its length beyond pygophore. Length ♀ 6.2 mm. Male unknown (Webb 1983).

 

ID Keys

Webb 1983: 62

 

Diagnosis References

Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [62–63]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		30-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)