Species Stenipo swani Evans, 1934
Compiler and date details
6 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Stenipo swani Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [155].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: i.1931, D.C. Swan), Rottnest Island, Western Australia.
Introduction
This species was described from a long series of male and female specimens from Rottnest Island, Western Australia. It is unknown to the compiler. A male specimen of Stenipo from Moorine Rock in the Avon Wheatbelt of Western Australia is generally similar in male genitalia to those figured by Evans (1934) for this species but, assuming Evans' illustrations are accurate, represents an undescribed species.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head yellowish grey suffused with dark brown, in some specimens the frons is pinkish. pronotum greyish sparsely mottled with dark brown. There is a broad grey longitudinal median stripe and two brown oval areas lying against the anterior margin. Scutellum greyish mottled with pale and dark brown. Tegmen hyaline, the anterior costal and claval areas punctate; there may be a narrow anterior and a broad posterior transverse white fascia, or the tegmen may be almost entirely yellowish hyaline or opaque; veins black with white bars.Thorax ventral surface very dark brown. Legs pale brown. Abdomen ventral surface very pale brown. Male subgenital plates more or less triangular in shape; parameres deeply bifurcate; aedeagus boot shaped. Length 4 mm. Head width 2 mm. Host plant, Melaleuca sp. (Evans 1934).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [155]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 02-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |