Species Pauroeurymela amplicincta (Walker, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eurymela amplicincta Walker, F. 1858. Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq. London : British Museum pp. 1-117. [84].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH sex, quantity unknown, New South Wales.

 

Generic Combinations

• Pauroeurymela amplicincta (Walker, 1858). —
  Evans, J.W. 1933. A revision of the Eurymelini (Homoptera: Bythoscopidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 73-90 [79]

 

Introduction

This species is rather squat in appearance with the face convex in profile. It is distributed along the eastern parts of New South Wales and Victoria. Two specimens from North Queensland may be this species which would considerably extend the range.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Nigra; coxa et femora rufa, haec apice nigra; pedes postici rufi, tarsis apice nigris; alae anticae fasciis duabus albidis, 1a latissima, 2a angusta; posticae cinereae. Black. Coxae and femora red, the latter with black tips. Hind legs red, their tarsi with black tips. Fore wings with two whitish bands, which slightly converge towards each other hindward; the first very broad; the second narrow, especially hindward. Hind wings gray. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 5 lines (Walker 1858).

 

Diagnosis References

Walker, F. 1858. Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq. London : British Museum pp. 1-117. [84]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		02-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)