Species Pascoepus illawarrus Webb, 1983
Pascoepus illawarrus Webb, adult.
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Species Pascoepus illawarrus Webb, 1983
Compiler and date details
1 October 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Pascoepus illawarrus Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [55].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♂ (coll.: H. Petersen), Illawarra, New South Wales.
Introduction
A small species with distinctive brown striping. It has been recorded from coastal New South Wales, SE Queensland and in Victoria.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished by the brown longitudinal stripes on the pronotum, the dark brown ovipositor in the female and the short dorsally situated peg-like spines on segment X in the male (Webb 1983).
ID Keys
Webb 1983: 51–52
Diagnosis References
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [55–56]
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) |