Species Tinderella maondica Webb, 1983
Compiler and date details
13 October 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Tinderella maondica Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [92].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♂ (coll.: H. Hacker), Mount Tamborine, Queensland.
Introduction
This species is based on a single male specimen from SE Queensland. It is unknown to the compiler as the specimen is held in the US National Museum.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Yellow marked with brown, including a small spot on vertex near to each eye, an irregular longitudinal band each side of midline on vertex, pronotum and scutellum, an irregular transverse band above and below ocelli, and basal triangles and a pair of central spots on scutellum; forewing tinged with brown, veins darker brown with whitish patches. Male genitalia with subgenital plates narrowly spatulate in lateral aspect. Styles with apical process tapered to acute apex. Aedeagus with socle region fairly long; shaft short, without processes. Female unknown. Length ♂ 6.6 mm (Webb 1983).
Diagnosis References
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [92]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |