Species Solonaima sullivani Hoch & Howarth, 1989
Compiler and date details
13 August 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Solonaima sullivani Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. 1989. Six new cavernicolous cixiid planthoppers in the genus Solonaima from Australia (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Systematic Entomology 14: 377-402 [388].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂ (coll.: 10.vi.1985, F.D. Stone, F.G. Howarth), Queensland, Mt Mulgrave Station, West Mordor Tower, Crystal Cascades Cave.
Introduction
This cavernicolous species is known from two adult males and two nymphs from two caves on Mt Mulgrave Station, North Queensland. The name honours Bro. Nicholas G. Sullivan, whose commitment to the study and protection of the Chillagoe Karst made the study by Hoch & Howarth (1989) of the cavernicolous species of Solonaima possible.
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 is closely related to S. solonaima but can be distinguished by the proportions of the frons, the coloration of the wings and the shape of the aedeagus (Hoch & Howarth 1989)
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 [388]
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |