Species Musgraviella tricornis Webb, 1983
Compiler and date details
1 October 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Musgraviella tricornis Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [63].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: 11.i.1959, M.I. Nikitin), Cabramatta, New South Wales.
Introduction
A small plain yellow species from SE New South Wales.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Yellow. Male genitalia with apical process of styles long. Aedeagus with shaft curved posteriorly with a short medial process between posterolateral processes. Female genitalia as in M. tasmaniensis Evans [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], pregenital sternite unknown. Length: ♂ 3.8 mm, ♀ 5.5 mm (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 [63]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |