Species Solonaima monteithia Erbe & Hoch, 2004

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• Solonaima monteithia Erbe, P. & Hoch, H. 2004. Two new species of the Australian planthopper genus Solonaima Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 536: 1-7 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂ (coll: G. Monteith, 28.i-3.ii. [designated as UQIC]), Lamington National Park, Queensland.

Introduction

This species is based on a single headless male specimen from Lamington National Park in SE Queensland. The name honours Geoff Monteith, Queensland heteropterist, who collected the only specimen.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

Diagnosis

This species is distinguished by the arrangement of the male genitalia (Erbe & Hoch 2004)

Diagnosis References

Erbe, P. & Hoch, H. 2004. Two new species of the Australian planthopper genus Solonaima Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Zootaxa 536: 1-7 [4]

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