Species Pediopsis filicis (Evans, 1936)
Compiler and date details
27 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Macropsis filicis Evans, J.W. 1936. The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935: 61-83 [64].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♀ (coll.: J.W. Evans), Fern Tree Gully, near Melbourne, Victoria.
Generic Combinations
- Pediopsis filicis (Evans, 1936). —
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1980. Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist 112: 875-932 [904]
Introduction
This is the smallest Australian macropsine listed by Evans (1966). It is known from southeastern Victoria and Tasmania.
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Tas, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
General coloration yellowish green. Head lemon yellow, ocelli brown, eyes chocolate brown; crown from above visible as a band of even width between the eyes. Pronotum green, slightly declivous. Scutellum yellow. Tegmen yellowish green but for the apex which is white. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface and legs very pale green. Length 3.2 mm, head width 1 mm (Evans 1936).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1936. The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935: 61-83 [64–65]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 19-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |