Species Rosopaella evansi Webb, 1983

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• Rosopaella evansi Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [17].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: 15.i.1957, I.F.B. Common), Black Mountain, Australian Capital Territory.

 

Introduction

This plain coloured species is widely distributed across the continent in both coastal and inland regions.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Daly Basin (DAB), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mulga Lands (ML), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

This species can be distinguished by its small to moderately large size, the absence of colour pattern and the position of the teeth on the second valvulae (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 [17]

 

History of changes

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05-Dec-2019		30-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
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