Species Taslopa montana Evans, 1942

Museums

Regional Maps

• Taslopa montana Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers from Tasmania and Queensland. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1941: 27-30 [29].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♀ (coll.: xii.1940, J.W. Evans, 4000 ft), Mt Wellington, Tasmania.
• Taslopa brachyptera Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers from Tasmania and Queensland. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1941: 27-30 [30].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♀ (coll.: xii.1940, J.W. Evans, 4000 ft), Mt Wellington, Tasmania.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Evans, J.W. 1947. Some new Ulopinae (Homoptera: Jassidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 14: 140-150 [144] (synonymy of T. brachyptera)

 

Introduction

Although originally described from Tasmania, T. montana has subsequently been recorded from the higher regions of Victoria and New South Wales. The brachypterous form is more common than the macropterous form and the two were originally described as separate species.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder (associated flora: Richea spp. [EPACRIDACEAE]; Epacris spp. [EPACRIDACEAE]; Orites spp. [PROTEACEAE]; Baeckea spp. [MYRTACEAE]).

 

Diagnosis

Winged form. Face of head marked with a pattern of light and dark brown; antennal depressions black. Crown of head raised and rugose medially; ocelli slightly closer to the fore, than to the hind margin. Pronotum steeply declivous, brown. Scutellum dark brown with yellow markings. Tegmen, clavus opaque and coriaceous; remainder colourless hyaline; veins brown. Length ♀ 4 mm.
Brachypterous form. Face of head marked with a pattern of light and dark brown. Crown flat, ocelli small and inconspicuous. Pronotum on a plane with the crown, brown. Scutellum concolorous with the pronotum, sometimes with two yellowish markings. Tegmen brachypterous, coriaceous, brown but for a whitish streak that widens posteriorly and terminates anteriorly against the hind margin of the pronotum; sometimes also a brown oval marking. Length ♀ 4 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 [85]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
23-Aug-2024	Ulopinae Le Peletier & Serville, 1825	23-Aug-2024	MODIFIED
26-Jun-2023	MEMBRACOIDEA	16-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
10-May-2022	CICADOMORPHA	23-Aug-2024	MODIFIED
02-Jun-2021	AUCHENORRHYNCHA	23-Aug-2024	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019	CICADELLIDAE Latreille, 1825	23-Aug-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Murray Fletcher
05-Dec-2019		23-Aug-2024	MODIFIED
		23-Aug-2024	MODIFIED