Species Toropsis gearyi (Evans, 1971)
Toropsis gearyi (Evans), holotype male.
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Species Toropsis gearyi (Evans, 1971)
Compiler and date details
28 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Macropsis gearyi Evans, J.W. 1971. Leafhoppers from New Guinea and Australia belonging to the subfamilies Macropsinae and Agalliinae with notes on the position of Nionia Ball and Magnentius Pruthi (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 13(2): 343-360 [355].
Type data:
Holotype AM K69191 ♂ (coll.: ii.1941, N. Geary), Carnarvon, Queensland.
Generic Combinations
- Toropsis gearyi (Evans, 1971). —
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1980. Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist 112: 875-932 [886]
Introduction
This pale brown species with dark brown markings is only known from the type series of three males from Carnarvon, Queensland. The species was named after the collector of all three specimens, N. Geary.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
General coloration yellowish brown. Face of head wider than long, pale yellowish with dark brown punctures; muscle impressions of frontoclypeus well defined, yellow. Anteclypeus narrowest mid-length, anterior margin rounded with apical bristles; hind margin laterally defined; lora wide, flat. Antennal ledges arched, terminating close to anterior margins of eyes. Crown lacking. Pronotum with transverse striations, steeply declivous anteriorly, greyish, spotted with brown. Scutellum longer than pronotum in dorsal aspect, yellowish brown with dark brown spots. Tegmen vitreous; veins brown. Length ♂ 5.6 mm (Evans 1971).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1971. Leafhoppers from New Guinea and Australia belonging to the subfamilies Macropsinae and Agalliinae with notes on the position of Nionia Ball and Magnentius Pruthi (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 13(2): 343-360 [355]
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |