Species Rubria smalei Evans, 1966

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rubria smalei Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [103].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: xi.1942, M.A.E. Smales), Burleigh, Queensland.

 

Introduction

This species is only known from the type locality of Burleigh Heads in SE Queensland. Specimens from the original type series in the J.W. Evans collection are labelled as having been collected by M.A.E. Smales, rather than "M. Smale" as given by Evans (1966). However, no emendation of the name is needed since Evans (1966) did not state that the species was named after the collector and the original spelling should be accepted.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

General coloration (dried specimens) pale brownish yellow, the scutellum mottled with pale brown or reddish brown. Crown of head with a median longitudinal ridge. Length ♂ 7.3, ♀ 10.4; length of crown 1.2, 2.8 mm (Evans 1966).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [103]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Sep-2011		20-Sep-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)