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Species Sextius kurandae Kirkaldy, 1906


Compiler and date details

11 April 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This species was not listed by Day (1999). It was described from Kuranda in the wet tropics of North Queensland.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Allied to the immaculate form of S. bipunctata [= Anzac bipunctatus (Fabricius)] but much slenderer, the horns a trifle less pronounced, the anterior margin of the pronotum (viewed in front) narrowly, somewhat deeply impressed, the pronotum immediately posterior to this medianly swollen a little (practically flat in the other species). The tegminal reticulation extends into the subapical cells. Length: (female), 6½ mm, width 2½ mm. (Kirkaldy 1906).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)