Species Soractellus brunneus Evans, 1966

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• Soractellus brunneus Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [225].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂, Ingham, Queensland.

 

Introduction

This small brown species is beautifully marked with the white veins outlined in rich brown. The holotype has two dark brown circular patches on the vertex but most species have short transverse bands (see http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/species/sbrunneu.htm). The species is distributed across tropical Australia from the wet tropics of North Queensland to the west Kimberley region of Western Australia. The distribution includes inland sites such as the Devil's Marbles in the Northern Territory.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Face of head ivory; lora margined with brown; frontoclypeus with broad, curved brown muscle impressions. Crown anteriorly very dark brown with an apical pale brown triangular marking. Pronotum, anteriorly pale brown mottled with dark brown; medially pale brown; posteriorly very dark brown. Tegmen pale hyaline brown; veins broadly white margined with dark brown. Legs pale brown with dark brown bars. Length ♂ 3.6, ♀ 4.2 mm (Evans 1966).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [225]

 

History of changes

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05-Dec-2019		13-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		16-May-2012	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		05-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
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