Species Rosopaella aldutra Webb, 1983
Compiler and date details
5 October 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Rosopaella aldutra Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [16].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂ (coll.: 20.iv.1968, T. Weir), North Stradbroke Island, Queensland.
Introduction
This species from the southeastern parts of the mainland is fairly plain in colouring and identifiable only by examination of the male genitalia. Webb (1983) indicates that females from Victoria, collected with a male of this species, differ in coloration from the male and he was unable to confirm their identity.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to R. leurensis (Evans) and R. galonda Webb externally but differs from the former in lacking a spot on the vertex near each eye and from the latter in its generally larger size (length ♂ 6.0–6.8 mm). The male genitalia differs from those of both species in having the aedeagus with a flange near each side of the gonopore and the processes from the anterior margin are stouter (Webb 1983).
ID Keys
Webb 1983: 7–10
Diagnosis References
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [16]
History of changes
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05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |