Species Solonaima halos Hoch & Howarth, 1989
Compiler and date details
13 August 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Solonaima halos Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. 1989. Six new cavernicolous cixiid planthoppers in the genus Solonaima from Australia (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Systematic Entomology 14: 377-402 [393].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂ (coll.: 5.vi.1985, J. Bresnan, F.D. Stone, D. & M. Irvin), Queensland, Chillagoe, Queenslander Tower, Queenslander Cave.
Introduction
This cavernicolous species is only known from Queenslander Cave from the Chillagoe Karst in N. Queensland. The specific name refers to the blue halo-like fringe on the costal margin of the tegmina.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
All stages: cave dweller.
Extra Ecological Information
Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.
Diagnosis
This species can be differentiated from other species of the genus by the special spine configuration of the aedeagus. (Hoch 1988)
ID Keys
Hoch & Howarth (1989: 382)
Diagnosis References
Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. 1989. Six new cavernicolous cixiid planthoppers in the genus Solonaima from Australia (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Systematic Entomology 14: 377-402 [393]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 13-Oct-2010 | 13-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |