Species Myerslopella coronata Hamilton, 1999
Compiler and date details
3 August 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Myerslopella coronata Hamilton, K.G.A. 1999. The ground-dwelling leafhoppers Myerslopiidae, new family, and Sagmatiini, new tribe (Homoptera : Membracoidea). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13(2): 207-235 [218].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂ (coll.: xi.1981, 500 m, pyrethrum knockdown on logs, stones and tree trunks, Earthwatch/Qld Museum), Bellenden Ker Range, 1/2 km S Cable Tower #7, Queensland.
Introduction
Each species of Myerslopella has a discrete distribution within the wet tropics of North Queensland. This one is found at 500 m in the Bellenden Ker mountain range. Another species occurs near the summit of the same range.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: litter, phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Crown as wide as pronotum and twice as long, shallowly notched at meson; pronotal "paranotal" lobes present but lower than upper level of eyes; humeral angles of tegmina absent, tegmina evenly curved laterad, collar-like; tips of tegmina weakly produced; abdominal tubercles forming six widely space rows; abdomen strongly inflated with tubercles forming prominent crest in lateral aspect. Male connective T-shaped, aedeagus short, evenly curved throughout length, tip pointed, style tip blunt, foot shaped. Length: ♂ 2.1–2.4 mm; ♀ 2.4–2.7 mm (Hamilton 1999).
ID Keys
Hamilton 1999: 217
Diagnosis References
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1999. The ground-dwelling leafhoppers Myerslopiidae, new family, and Sagmatiini, new tribe (Homoptera : Membracoidea). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13(2): 207-235 [218]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 17-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |