Species Opiconsiva dilpa (Kirkaldy, 1907)
Compiler and date details
16 December 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Delphax dilpa Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [162].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BPBM ♂, quantity unknown (coll.: i.1905, Koebele; possible holotype by monotypy), Mittagong, New South Wales.
Generic Combinations
- Opiconsiva dilpa (Kirkaldy, 1907). —
Asche, M. 1988. Delphacidae from Cote d'Ivorie. Revue Française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série) 10(2): 151-231 [198] - Corbulo dilpa (Kirkaldy, 1907). —
Fennah, R.G. 1965. Delphacidae from Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 17(1): 1-59 [48]
Introduction
This species was described from Mittagong in the Sydney Basin of New South Wales. Fennah (1965) extended the known distribution to locations in SE and North Queensland and the North Island of New Zealand.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Short winged form similar to algebra, but the white apical margin of the tegmina is very narrow, and the male genitalia are very different. Male pygophor suboval, margins sinuate. Aedeagus horizontal, elongate. Genital styles inwardly curved, the apices truncate, angles prominent and acute, or subacute. Length 1.5 mm. (Kirkaldy 1907)
Diagnosis References
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [162]
History of changes
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20-May-2011 | 20-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
16-Dec-2010 | 16-Dec-2010 | MOVED | ||
15-Dec-2010 | 15-Dec-2010 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |