Species Rhinodictya quaesitrix Kirkaldy, 1906

Rhinodictya quaesitrix Kirkaldy, adult

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

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• Rhinodictya quaesitrix Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [417].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BPBM sex, quantity unknown (coll.: viii.1904, on grass), Cairns, Queensland.

Introduction

This species has some similarity to certain species of Dictyopharidae, particularly Dictyphara australiaca (Lallemand) which also has the head produced as a rising triangular cone. However, the structure of the tegmen is quite different, particularly the clear subapical line beyond which the distal membranes are slightly overlapping, This species is known from the wet tropics and neighbouring Chillagoe regions of North Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Pale yellowish green, paler beneath. Tegmina hyaline, veins pale yellowish green. Length: 11–12 mm. (Kirkaldy 1906).

Diagnosis References

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [417]

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