Species Rosopaella parva Webb, 1983

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• Rosopaella parva Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [18].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Peak Downs, Queensland.

 

Introduction

This small plain coloured species with some brown, particularly on the scutellum, is widespread across Australia.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

This species can be distinguished by its small size (♂ 4.2–4.7 mm; ♀ 4.3–6.0 mm), brown inner margin of the forewing and scutellum often marked with brown (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 [18–19]

 

History of changes

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05-Dec-2019		30-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
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