Species Toropsis subfusca (Evans, 1936)
Compiler and date details
28 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Oncopsis subfuscus Evans, J.W. 1936. The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935: 61-83 [69].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂ (coll.: A.M. Lea), Ooldea, South Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Toropsis subfusca (Evans, 1936). —
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1980. Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist 112: 875-932 [886] - Macropsis subfuscus (Evans, 1936). —
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [167]
Introduction
This yellowish grey species is only known from Ooldea, South Australia on the border between the Great Victoria Desert and the Nullarbor Plain.
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA: Great Victoria Desert (GVD)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head whitish yellow with dark brown punctures; eyes brown; crown from above not visible in the centre. Pronotum steeply declivous, the anterior border yellow; posteriorly grey with dark brown punctures and maculations. Scutellum yellow with black markings, the anterior lateral angles black. Tegmen transparent, veins brown. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface and legs marked with a pattern of light and dark brown. Length 5 mm, head width 1.23 mm (Evans 1936).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1936. The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935: 61-83 [69]
History of changes
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 19-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |