Species Sextius bucephalus Distant, 1916

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• Sextius bucephalus Distant, W.L. 1916. Rhynchotal Notes. lx. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(18): 19-44 [34].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1910-384 ♀ (coll.: 1900-1903, J.J. Walker), Sydney, New South Wales.

 

Introduction

This species has been recorded from Sydney and Leeton in New South Wales although the identification of the Leeton specimens is only tentative.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Pronotum greenish ochraceous; face and legs dark ochraceous; tegmina greenish ochraceous, the apical half more hyaline and reflecting the ochraceous abdomen beneath; pronotum somewhat coarsely punctate, the anterior lateral processes very robust, a little forwardly and upwardly directed, their apices obtusely acute, centrally longitudinally carinate, the posterior process very robust and faintly tricarinate, its apex reaching or slightly passing the tegminal apices; apical areas of the tegmina reticulate. Long. 6–7 mm.; exp. ant. pronot. process. 3–3½ mm (Distant 1916)

 

Diagnosis References

Distant, W.L. 1916. Rhynchotal Notes. lx. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(18): 19-44 [34]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-May-2012		16-May-2012	MODIFIED
26-Apr-2012		26-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)