Species Solonaima stonei Hoch & Howarth, 1989
Compiler and date details
13 August 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Solonaima stonei Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. 1989. Six new cavernicolous cixiid planthoppers in the genus Solonaima from Australia (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Systematic Entomology 14: 377-402 [391].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂ (coll.: 26.v.1985, F.D. Stone, K. Ridgeway), Queensland, Chillagoe, Spring Tower, Arena Cave.
Introduction
This cavernicolous species is known from a number of specimens of adults and nymphs collected in two towers of the Chillagoe Karst in North Queensland. The name honours Fred D. Stone, cave explorer and biogeographer, who collected much of the type material.
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
S. stonei is similar to S. pholetor and can be differentiated by features of the male genitalia.
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
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |