Species Rosopaella nigrilinea Webb, 1983
Compiler and date details
10 October 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Rosopaella nigrilinea Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [13].
Type data:
Holotype NTM ♂ (coll.: 15.xi.1972, T. Weir & A. Allwood), Koongarra, 15 km E of Mt Cahill, Northern Territory.
Introduction
This species, known only from the northern parts of the Northern Territory, is quite distinctive in colour.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished by its small size (♂ 4.3 mm, ♀ 5.0 mm), medial longitudinal brown stripe on the pronotum, continuing onto the inner margin of the forewing, and the shape of the clypeus (tumid with sides nearly parallel) (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 [13–14]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |