Species Nisia australiensis Woodward, 1957

Nisia australiensis Woodward, adult,

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Nisia atrovenosa australiensis Woodward, T.E. 1957. Studies on Queensland Hemiptera. Part II. Meenoplidae (Fulgoroidea). University of Queensland Papers, Department of Entomology 1(4): 57-70 [67].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T5559 ♂, Brisbane, Queensland.

Generic Combinations

• Nisia australiensis Woodward, 1957. —
  Tsaur, S.-C., Yang, C.-T. & Wilson, M.R. 1986. Meenoplidae of Taiwan. National Taiwan Museum Special Publication Series, Taipei, Taiwan 6: 81-117 [96]

Introduction

This species is quite widespread in Queensland, from Dunk Island in the wet tropics to Brisbane, in SE Queensland and inland to Roma in the south brigalow belt. There are also specimens in ASCU from Berrimah, in the Darwin region of the Northern Territory.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

The two Australian species can reliably be identified only by reference to the structures of the male genitalia although this species is somewhat smaller than N. grandiceps. Since at least one undescribed species is known, examination of the male genitalia is needed to identify these species. Woodward (1957) illustrated the male genitalia of both described Australian species of the genus.

ID Keys

Woodward 1957: 59

Diagnosis References

Woodward, T.E. 1957. Studies on Queensland Hemiptera. Part II. Meenoplidae (Fulgoroidea). University of Queensland Papers, Department of Entomology 1(4): 57-70 [68–69]

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