Species Neosextius longinotum Day, 1999
Neosextius longinotum Day, adult.
© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.
Neosextius longinotum Day, adult, dorsal view.
© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.
Neosextius longinotum Day, adult, frontal view.
© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.
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Species Neosextius longinotum Day, 1999
Compiler and date details
9 April 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Neosextius longinotum Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [693].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: 12.v.1983, I.D. Naumann, ex ethanol), Mitchell River Falls, Western Australia [14°45'S 125°42'E].
Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ (coll.: 12.v.1983, I.D. Naumann), Mitchell River Falls, Western Australia [14°45'S 125°42'E].
Introduction
This species is only known from the type locality in the North Kimberley bioregion of Western Australia. The specific name refers to the length of the pronotum which is diagnostically longer than that of N. yanda from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
A medium sized species, pale in colour. Frontal margin markedly indented medially. Gena rounded. Costal margin of tegmen concolorous with remainder of veins. One half of subcostal cell coriaceous. Length (holotype ♂) 7.0 mm (Day 1999).
Diagnosis References
Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [693]
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) |