Species Pyrrhyllis laevifrons (Walker, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cixius laevifrons Walker, F. 1858. Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq. London : British Museum pp. 1-117. [43].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH sex, quantity unknown (possible holotype by monotypy), Tasmania.

Generic Combinations

• Pyrrhyllis laevifrons (Walker, 1858). —
  Fennah, R.G. 1950. A generic revision of the Achilidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1(1): 1-170 [55]

Introduction

Little is known of this species. Fennah (1950) provided illustrations of "Walker's holotype" but did not provide details of the specimen, nor comparison with Kirkaldy's P. pyrrhyllis.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Nymph: fungivore.

Diagnosis

Piceous. Head smooth, shining, not keeled nor with elevated borders; front longer than broad, with two pale yellow bands. Thorax with two pale yellow stripes. Abdomen reddish along each side and at the tipe beneath. Legs testaceous. Wings rather narrow; veins black. Fore wings brown; costa and interior border pale testaceous along more than half the length. 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. [43]

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