Species Neovulturnus montanus (Evans, 1937)
Compiler and date details
28 July 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Vulturnus montanus Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea: Homoptera). Part 6. — Penthimiidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11(2): 149-156 [154].
Type data:
Holotype QM 5207 ♀ (coll.: J.W. Evans), Leura, New South Wales.
Generic Combinations
- Neovulturnus montanus (Evans, 1937). —
Evans, J.W. 1972. Characteristics and relationships of the Penthimiinae and some new genera and new species from New Guinea and Australia; also new species of Drabescinae from New Guinea and Australia. Pacific Insects 14(1): 169-200 [180]
Introduction
This pale brown species was described from Leura in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales but has also been found at lower altitudes in the SE Queensland area.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head ventrally black, overhanging thickened apical margin very pale yellow. Dorsal surface pale yellow or ochreous with two round black spots between the ocelli and the apex of the head and a few faint markings between the ocelli. Pronotum anterior third yellowish brown; posterior two thirds greyish white, the whole with scattered dark brown markings. Scutellum marked with a pattern of yellow and dark brown. Tegmen silvery white with dark brown reticulations between the veins; appendix and supplementary appendix hyaline brown. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface black with pale brown markings. Length 4 mm (Evans 1937).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea: Homoptera). Part 6. — Penthimiidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11(2): 149-156 [154]
History of changes
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |