Species Toropsis tepperi (Evans, 1936)
Compiler and date details
28 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Oncopsis tepperi 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.: J.G. Tepper), Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Toropsis tepperi (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 tepperi (Evans, 1936). —
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [168]
Introduction
This nondescript species is only known from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. It was named after the collector J.G.O. Tepper who was appointed natural history collector for SAMA in 1883 and who collected widely in South Australia (see http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tepper-johann-gottlieb-otto-13215 [accessed: 28.iii.2012].
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA: Kanmantoo (KAN)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head pale reddish brown with dark brown punctures; eyes dark brown; hind margin of head almost straight. Pronotum with light and dark brown markings, raised medianly into a distinct hump. Scutellum yellowish brown, the anterior lateral angles reddish brown. Tegmen brown but for the costal margin which is white and the apex and clavus which are mottled with very pale brown. Thorax ventral surface dark brown. Legs marked with a pattern of light and dark brown. Abdomen ventral surface pale brown. Length 5.2 mm, head width 1.5 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) |