Species Opio multistriga (Walker, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bythoscopus multistriga Walker, F. 1858. Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq. London : British Museum pp. 1-117. [105].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH sex, quantity unknown, New South Wales.
• Opio multistrigia Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [165] [subsequent misspelling].

 

Generic Combinations

• Opio multistriga (Walker, 1858). —
  Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [165]

 

Introduction

The tegmen veins on this species are broadly white giving the insect a distinctive striped appearance. It is found throughout approximately the eastern half of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It may be associated with Casuarinaceae.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW: New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder (associated flora: Casuarina sp. [CASUARINACEAE]).

 

Diagnosis

Testaceus; frons lata,fasciis interruptis nigris; thorax nigra subnotatus, vitlis tribus albido-testaceis; abdomen supra fulvum, e maculis nigris biviltatum; pedes nigra vittati ; alae anticae albidae, strigis guttisque plurimis nigricantibus; posticae nigricante-vitreae. Testaceous. Head extremely short; front and face broad, with irregular interrupted black bands. Eyes very prominent. Prothorax and sculellum very minutely marked with black, with the exception of three whitish testaceous stripes. Abdomen tawny above, with a double row of black spots, which are largest towards the tip. Legs pale testaceous, striped with black. Fore wings whitish, with many irregular blackish streaks and dots. Hind wings blackish vitreous. Length of the body 2¾ lines; of the wings 6 lines (Walker 1858).

 

Diagnosis References

Walker, F. 1858. Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq. London : British Museum pp. 1-117. [105]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2023	MEMBRACOIDEA	26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
10-May-2022	CICADOMORPHA	24-May-2023	MODIFIED
02-Jun-2021	AUCHENORRHYNCHA	26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019	CICADELLIDAE Latreille, 1825	26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Murray Fletcher
05-Dec-2019		26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
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