Species Relipo oenpellensis Evans, 1977

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• Relipo oenpellensis Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [88].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: 1.vi.1973, T. Weir & H. Forester), Birraduk Creek, 18 km E by N of Oenpelli, Northern Territory.

 

Introduction

Little is known about this smallish, yellow-brown species from the far north of the Northern Territory. It is not well represented in collections.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Pine Creek (PCK)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

General coloration brownish yellow. Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum covered with fine hairs. Head and pronotum deep yellow. Scutellum concolorous with the pronotum, lateral muscle impressions sometimes dark brown. Tegmen with a covering of fine hairs, hyaline brown; veins brown or reddish; appendix with a pair of brown markings. Length ♂ 4.6 mm, ♀ 5.3 mm (Evans 1977).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [88]

 

History of changes

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