Species Notuchus monticola Fennah, 1973

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• Notuchus monticola Fennah, R.G. 1973. A new species of Notuchus (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae) from Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 28: 265-267 [266].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: vii.1971, J. Disney, in moss), summit of Mt Gower, Lord Howe Island.

Introduction

This species is one of two species of the genus recorded from Lord Howe Island. In contrast to N. howensis Donaldson, this species has only been found associated with moss at the top of Mt Gower, a habitat and locality it shares with three species of Howeria (Hemiptera: Peloridiidae).

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Diagnosis

Vertex with ratio of total length in midline to length anterior to eyes < 1.8, in lateral view extending anterior to eyes usually for ca twice length of an eye; marginal carinae not visible in dorsal view. (Donaldson 1988)

ID Keys

Donaldson 1988: 133

Diagnosis References

Donaldson, J.F. 1988. Further studies on Asiracinae (Homoptera: Delphacidae) in Australia and New Caledonia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 27: 133-141 [133]

History of changes