Species Rosopaella carmiella Webb, 1983
Compiler and date details
5 October 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Rosopaella carmiella Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [23].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: 12.xi.1960, I.F.B. Common & M.S. Upton), Nelson Bay, New South Wales.
Introduction
This largish species is only known from Mt Timbertop in Victoria and Nelson Bay on the New South Wales North Coast.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Yellow to brownish yellow. Head and thorax variably tinged with scarlet. Pronotum with an irregular longitudinal brown line medially and an irregular brown to scarlet patch on each side. Scutellum marked with brown. Forewings yellowish hyaline, tinged with brown; veins scarlet to brown or yellow in basal part of wing turning to brown in its distal part. Legs with a longitudinal brown patch on posterior surface of middle and hind femur and tibia, or only on hind femur and tibia. Abdomen with tergites broadly marked with dark brown anteriorly; sternites more narrowly marked with brown anteriorly. Male genitalia similar to those of R. swani (Evans) but aedeagus with basal stem slightly shorter and dorsoposterior neck longer. Length ♂ 7.1 mm (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 [23–24]
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) |