Species Terentius rolandi Distant, 1915
Compiler and date details
12 April 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Terentius rolandi Distant, W.L. 1915. Rhychotal Notes. lvii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(16): 489-496 [492].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1913-438 ♀ (coll.: 21.vi–24.vii.1913, R.E. Turner, 1100 ft), Kuranda, Queensland
Comment: Distant (1915) gave the altitude as "1–100 ft". Broomfield (1971) translated this to be 1100 ft which is closer to the altitude of Kuranda which varies from 203–760 m.
Introduction
This species is slightly larger than the type species but is only known from the wet tropics of North Queensland. The holotype female has the head missing.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head, pronotum, and body beneath black, legs piceous (face mutilated in unique type); tegmina shining ochraceous, the apical area shining, brilliant castaneous, base, costal area, and very narrow apical margin black; pronotum thickly, coarsely punctate, centrally, percurrently, longitudinally carinate, the carination somewhat faint on anterior area and more pronounced on the posterior process, which is apically attenuated, its extreme apex acute, and passing the posterior angle of the inner tegminal margin; tibiae distinctly pilose; lateral areas of the sternum greyishly tomentose. Long. 8 mm.; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 4 mm (Distant 1915).
Diagnosis References
Distant, W.L. 1915. Rhychotal Notes. lvii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(16): 489-496 [492]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2012 | 16-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Apr-2012 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |