Species Neosextius yanda Day, 1999
Compiler and date details
9 April 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Neosextius yanda Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [693].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: 25.vii.-18 viii.1992, Zborowski & Cardale, malaise trap), Heathlands dump, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland [11°45'S 142°35'E].
Introduction
This species is based on a single male specimen from far north Queensland. The name is derived from an Aboriginal word for "short", presumably referring to the shorter relative length of the pronotal horns in comparison with those of N. longinotum although the species is considerably larger overall than its congener.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Much larger than N. longinotum [Day]. Ratio of total length to pronotal length 2.3 (measured from humeral angle to anterior apex). Face and ventral side of pronotum and legs very dark brown. Frontal margin medially straight. Gena markedly angular. Lateral margin of tegmen dark brown. Subcostal cell entirely coriaceous. Length (holotype ♂) 11 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) |
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| 16-May-2012 | 16-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Apr-2012 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |