Species Platyeurymela semifascia (Walker, 1851)

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• Eurymela semifascia Walker, F. 1851. List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 3 pp. 637-907. [643].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1 specimen, sex unknown (Presented by the Entomological Club), New Holland; BMNH 1 specimen, sex unknown (from Dr Hooker's collection), Van Diemens Land (=Tasmania).
• Eurymela atra Walker, F. 1851. List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 3 pp. 637-907. [645].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 2 specimens, sex unknown (from Dr Hooker's collection), Van Diemens Land (=Tasmania); BMNH 2 specimens, sex unknown (from Mr Shuckard's collection), Van Diemen's Land (=Tasmania).
• Eurymela tasmani Distant, W.L. 1908. On some Australian Homoptera. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 52: 97-111 [106].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH sex, quantity unknown (coll.: J.J. Walker), Launceston, Tasmania.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Evans, J.W. 1933. A revision of the Eurymelini (Homoptera: Bythoscopidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 73-90 [78] (synonymy of E. tasmani)
• Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [69] (synonymy of E. atra)

 

Generic Combinations

• Platyeurymela semifascia (Walker, 1851). —
  Evans, J.W. 1933. A revision of the Eurymelini (Homoptera: Bythoscopidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 73-90 [78]

 

Introduction

This odd eurymelid is almost oval in outline if viewed from above with the tegmina flat over the body, curved downwards laterally and with the costal margin bowed. The face is also much broader than long and very convex. The species has been recorded from Ebor in NE New South Wales to South Australia and NE Tasmania.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Nigro-aenea, pectore rufo, abdomine pedibusque nigris,femoribus basi rufis, metatarsis posticis basi albis, alis anticis rufo cinctis albo bifasciatis. Brassy-black: mouth tawny, with a black tip: breast mostly red: abdomen black: oviduct red: legs black; thighs towards the base and hips red; hind metatarsi white towards the base: forewings bordered with red, having two slender, imperfect, whitish bands; one near the base, the other near the tip: hind-wings blackish. Length of the body 3½ lines, of the wings 7½ lines. (Walker 1851).

 

Diagnosis References

Walker, F. 1851. List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 3 pp. 637-907. [643]

 

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)