Species Paracephaleus brunneus (Waterhouse, 1839)
Paracephaleus brunneus (Waterhouse), adult.
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Species Paracephaleus brunneus (Waterhouse, 1839)
Compiler and date details
16 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Cephalelus brunneus Waterhouse, G.R. 1839. Descriptions of some new species of exotic insects. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 2: 188-196 [195].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, quantity unknown, near Sydney, New South Wales.
Generic Combinations
- Notocephalius brunneus (Waterhouse, 1839). —
Evans, J.W. 1947. Some new Ulopinae (Homoptera: Jassidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 140-150 [148] - Paracephaleus brunneus (Waterhouse, 1839). —
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [93]
Introduction
This finely elongate species is mainly distributed around the southeastern parts of mainland Australia and Tasmania although Evans (1966) also gives a record from the Swan Valley in Western Australia.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian South East (TSE)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Pale brown. Head with anterior produced part rather broad and rounded. Long. Corp. 5–5½ lin. (Waterhouse 1839).
General coloration even yellowish brown. Length, winged ♂ 9.2 mm, wingless ♂ 12 mm; of crown 3.8 and 5 mm (Evans 1966).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [93]
Waterhouse, G.R. 1839. Descriptions of some new species of exotic insects. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 2: 188-196 [195]
History of changes
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 27-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |