Species Pediopsis mandurae (Evans, 1971)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macropsis mandurae Evans, J.W. 1971. Leafhoppers from New Guinea and Australia belonging to the subfamilies Macropsinae and Agalliinae with notes on the position of Nionia Ball and Magnentius Pruthi (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 13(2): 343-360 [358].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K69199 ♂ (coll.: xii.1966, J.W. & F. Evans), Mandurah, Western Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Pediopsis mandurae (Evans, 1971). —
  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 species is known from several locations in the SW of Western Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

General coloration pale yellowish grey. Face of head longer than wide; transclypeal suture complete; lora swollen anteriorly. Crown of equal length with adjacent eyes. Pronotum with oblique striations, together with scutellum concolorous with head. Tegmen hyaline grey; veins dark brown with white bars. Male genitalia: aedeagus–10th segment connective hook-shaped (Evans 1971).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1971. Leafhoppers from New Guinea and Australia belonging to the subfamilies Macropsinae and Agalliinae with notes on the position of Nionia Ball and Magnentius Pruthi (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 13(2): 343-360 [358]

 

History of changes

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05-Dec-2019		19-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
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