Species Pascoepus hyleorais (Kirkaldy, 1907)
Compiler and date details
1 October 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Idiocerus hyleorais Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [34].
Type data:
Lectotype BPBM ♀ (coll.: ix.-xii.1904, Koebele), Bundaberg, Queensland.Subsequent designation references:
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [53].
Generic Combinations
- Pascoepus hyleorais (Kirkaldy, 1907). —
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [52]
Introduction
A tropical species found in coastal regions from the Pilbara in Western Australa, around the top end of the Northern Territory and down the eastern coastline to Brisbane, Queensland.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Like aulonias but smaller and narrower: a somewhat elongate zigzag smoky line down the middle of the tegmina. Female: last sternite subtruncate, slightly notched in the middle. Length 4 7/8 mm. (Kirkaldy 1907).
This species can be distinguished from other members of the genus by its larger size and by the longitudinal brown stripe on the forewing in most specimens. It can also be distinguished by the bi-lobed posterolateral margin of segment X. It differs from macropensis, with a similarly shaped segment X, in having the style apex acute and the aedeagal shaft narrower. The female can be distinguished by the elongate expanded apex of the third valvulae and the medially concave posterior margin of the pregenital sternite (Webb 1983).
ID Keys
Webb 1983: 51–52
Diagnosis References
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [34]
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [52–53]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |