Species Neodartus shephardi (Evans, 1966)
Compiler and date details
28 July 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Vulturnellus shephardi Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [220].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♀ (coll.: 1924, F.W. Shephard), Broken Hill, New South Wales.
Generic Combinations
- Neodartus shephardi (Evans, 1966). —
Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [114]
Introduction
This species, described from Broken Hill, New South Wales, is the only Australian species in a genus known from the Oriental and African regions. It is only known from the type locality.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Broken Hill Complex (BHC)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Face of head black. Crown, pronotum and scutellum black with pale golden hairs. Tegmen mottled with pale and dark brown in the form of small, pale, oval areas with darker margins, and with a pair of irregular, transverse, white fasciae; appendix and two large adjacent cells, which form part of the wing overfold, pale hyaline brown. Length ♀ 4 mm (Evans 1966).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [220]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | 23-Oct-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Dec-2019 | 16-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Dec-2019 | 01-Jun-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |