Genus Pascoepus Webb, 1983
Compiler and date details
1 October 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Pascoepus Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [50].
Type species:
Idiocerus hyleorais Kirkaldy, 1907 by original designation.
Introduction
One of the larger genera of Australian Idiocerinae, Pascoepus is distributed in most parts of the continent except Tasmania. Some species are marked with scarlet or brown.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mulga Lands (ML), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Wet Tropics (WT)
Diagnosis
This genus can be distinguished by the shagreen vertex, the usually shagreen pronotum (only in P. neboissi is the pronotum distinctly transversely striate) and the very long basal stem of the aedeagus (Webb 1983).
ID Keys
Webb 1983: 4–6
Diagnosis References
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [50–51]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |