Species Prosops pedisequus Buckton, 1893

Prosops pedisequus Buckton, syntype females

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

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Regional Maps

• Prosops pedisequus Buckton, G.B. in French, C. 1893. Notes on a new Victorian injurious insect (with description by G.B. Buckton, F.R.S.). Victorian Naturalist 9: 48-50 [50].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 3 ♀ (on apple tree; the type depository was erroneous given by Löcker et.al. (2006) as "BPBM" when the specimens are housed at BMNH, London), Melbourne, Victoria.

Introduction

This species was regarded as a nomen dubium by Löcker et.al. (2006) since the syntype series contains no males.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

Diagnosis

Morphology. Body length: ♀ 6.1–6.3 mm. Head: Vertex (total length) 1.1 times as long as wide; lateral carinae slightly elevated; basal emargination obtusely angled. Lateral carinae of frons convex (rectilinear apically). Rostrum reaching hind coxae. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with well-developed carinae. Forewing 3.4 times longer than wide; fork ScRA+RP distad of fork CuA1+CuA2; r-m crossvein basad of fork MA+MP; RP apically bifid; MA apically trifid; MP apically bifid; costa with 0–19 tubercles; 9 apical cells. Hind leg: tibia with 3 lateral spines; 6 large apical teeth; 1st and 2nd tarsomere with 7 apical teeth and no platellae. Male genitalia: Unknown. (Löcker et.al. 2006)

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 1290: 1-138 [102]

General References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 1290: 1-138 [102]

Common Name References

French, C. 1909. A Handbook of the Destructive Pests of Victoria: with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Melbourne : R.S. Brain, Government Printer 195 pp., pls LXV-XCVIII. ("Apple Tree Destroyer")

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 1290: 1-138 [103] ("Apple Tree Destroyer")

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