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<i>Tomaloides shepherdi</i> Evans, holotype male.

Tomaloides shepherdi Evans, holotype male.

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Species Tomaloides shepherdi Evans, 1972


Compiler and date details

29 July 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher

Introduction

This small dark species is only known from the type locality, Broken Hill in western New South Wales. It is named after the collector, F.W. Shepherd who is presumably the same person as F.W. Shephard, after whom Chinaella shephardi is named. One of these spellings must be incorrect.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: Broken Hill Complex (BHC)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

General coloration black mottled with brown. Head and pronotum black. Scutellum black with a pair of reddish brown spots. Tegmen proximally black, distally pale brown mottled with brown, with three hyaline or white anteapical cells; appendix smoky with brown markings. Ventral surface of thorax and abdomen black, hind margin of each abdominal segment narrowly brown. Length ♂ 4 mm, ♀ 4.5 mm (Evans 1972).

Evans (1972) also provided an illustration of the male genitalia.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019 13-Aug-2013 MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019 16-May-2012 MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019 01-Jun-2011 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)