Species Orosius pallidus Fletcher & Löcker, 2016
Orosius pallidus Fletcher & Löcker, adult
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Species Orosius pallidus Fletcher & Löcker, 2016
Compiler and date details
9 September 2016 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Orosius pallidus Fletcher, M.J., Löcker, H., Mitchell, A. & Gopurenko, D. 2016. A revision of the genus Orosius Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) based on male genitalia and DNA barcoding. Austral Entomology [Date published Early version published online 1/9/2016: Paper version in 2017 on Vol. 56(2): 198–217] [17].Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E98D8B55-8FF6-4EC0-AEDC-1D09E60A56D3
Type data:
Holotype ASCU ASCT00174407 ♂ (coll: 29.ix.2004, P. Magarey, sticky trap 3.5.2.1.3), Loxton, South Australia.
Introduction
This pale species is only known from Loxton in the Riverland region of South Austraila where it is sympatric with O. magareyi. It has been collected using sticky traps in vineyards.
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA: Riverina (RIV)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to O. canberrensis in having more or less parallel aedeagal shafts with minimal apical convergence. It can be differentiated from O. canberrensis by the length of the shafts which, in O. pallidus, are more than twice as long as the distance between the shafts. The known specimens of O. pallidus have the brown reticulate markings pale and reduced but specimens of O. canberrensis may also have these markings reduced or unclear (Fletcher et al. 2016).
ID Keys
Fletcher et al. 2016: 5
Diagnosis References
Fletcher, M.J., Löcker, H., Mitchell, A. & Gopurenko, D. 2016. A revision of the genus Orosius Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) based on male genitalia and DNA barcoding. Austral Entomology [Date published Early version published online 1/9/2016: Paper version in 2017 on Vol. 56(2): 198–217] [17]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | Deltocephalinae Dallas, 1870 | 03-Nov-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Murray Fletcher |
| Opsiini Emeljanov, 1962 | 09-Sep-2016 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |