Species Neocanthuchus tropicus Day, 1999
Compiler and date details
9 April 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Neocanthuchus tropicus Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [689].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: 3.xii.1968, rainforest, at light, tin working site, Britton & Misko, 900 m), Mt Lewis, Queensland.
Introduction
This species is restricted to several localities in the wet tropics of North Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
A medium sized, somewhat variable species, with slight differences between specimens in the length of the median pronotal process and in the shape and orientation of the lateral pronotal processes. All are dark brown in colour, with brown suffusion around veins and veins slightly nodulated. Dorsal carina strongly carinate. Setae silvery. First subapical cell may be almost circular. Length (holotype ♂) 6.1 mm (Day 1999).
Diagnosis References
Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [689]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2012 | 16-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Apr-2012 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |