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Species Sikaiana maculosa Distant, 1907


Compiler and date details

18 January 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This species was described simply from "Queensland" but the type material was collected by F.P. Dodd who did most of his collecting in the wet tropics of North Queensland (Monteith 1991) and it is probable that the material originated here.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph may be fungal feeder

 

Diagnosis

Head with the margins of vertex greyish white, the eyes dark castaneous; pronotum very pale tawny; mesonotum pale tawny brown, the carinations greyish; abdomen above and beneath ochraceous, with some castaneous suffusions, especially on the lateral areas; sternum and legs stramineous; tegmina and wings pale hyaline with some opaline reflections; tegmina with the base narrowly pale ochraceous, terminating in a subbasal fuscous spot on costal area, a somewhat large fuscous spot before apex of costal area, another near apex, a series of smaller fuscous spots on apical margin, and a still smaller spot on upper vein of radial area; wings with some subapical marginal spots; antennae robust, ochraceous, third joint infuscate. Long., excl. tegm, 2 mm; exp. 10 mm (Distant 1907).

 

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)
28-Jan-2011 28-Jan-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)