Species Scolypopa stipata (Walker, 1851)

Scolypopa stipata (Walker), adult.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Flatoides stipata Walker, F. 1851. List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 pp. 261-636. [411].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ (presented by the Haslar Hospital; holotype by monotypy), New Holland.

Generic Combinations

• Ricania stipata (Walker, 1851). —
  Stål, C. 1862. Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 19(9): 479-504 [491]
• Privesa stipata (Walker, 1851). —
  Distant, W.L. 1909. Rhynchota Notes. xlix. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4(4): 320-338 [331]
• Scolypopa stipata (Walker, 1851). —
  Melichar, L. 1923. Homoptera. Fam. Acanaloniidae, Flatidae et Ricaniidae. Genera Insectorum 182: 1-185 [142]

Introduction

This species, which was described from a single female specimen from "New Holland", has been identified from northern inland areas of New South Wales.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Body ferruginous; head nearly as broad as the chest; crown surrounded by a rim, slightly concave on the hind border, almost straight in front; its length hardly one-eighth of its breadth; front broad, surrounded by a rim, not ridged, rounded on each side, rather narrower towards the epistoma, slightly concave where they join; its breadth less than twice its length; epistoma triangular, not ridged; fore-chest slightly arched, with a middle ridge, about twice the length of the crown; middle-chest pitchy, with a semicircular ridge, which proceeds from each side of the fore border into the disk; abdomen obconical, a little longer than the chest; legs ferruginous; fore-wings brown, adorned with numerous tawny dots, several of which are confluent in the disk; two large almost colourless spots on the fore border, one beyond the middle, the other near the tip; veins blackish, pale on the spots; longitudinal veins very numerous; crossveins few; fore border very convex towards the base, where there is a row of oblique parallel cross-veins; hind wings tawny, brown towards the tips. Length of the body 3 lines, of the wings 9 lines (Walker 1851).

Diagnosis References

Walker, F. 1851. List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 pp. 261-636. [411]

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