Species Rosopaella aroka Webb, 1983
Compiler and date details
5 October 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Rosopaella aroka Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [19].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: v.1963, J.W. Evans), Gilruth, Queensland.
Introduction
This species from SE Queensland and NE New South Wales is yellow with brown markings and exhibits some variation in the male genitalia.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species is closely related to R. nigroflava Webb and R. parva Webb, both of which have overlapping distributions with it. It differs from those species by its moderately large size (length ♂ 5.0–6.0 mm; ♀ 5.9–6.0 mm) and brown markings (pronotum with a variable longitudinal brown patch each side of midline and often with a faint brown longitudinal line medially, pronotum sometimes nearly entirely dark brown; scutellum pale to dark brown; forewings with inner margin brown; abdomen marked with brown dorsomedially) (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 [19]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |