Species Tortor dorrigensis (Evans, 1938)

Tortor dorrigensis (Evans), adult.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Kana dorrigensis Evans, J.W. 1938. Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea): Part VIII. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1938: 1-18 [6].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♀, Dorrigo, New South Wales.

Generic Combinations

• Tortor dorrigensis (Evans, 1938). —
  Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [154]

Introduction

This very colourful leafhopper is found in coastal regions of New South Wales (including Lord Howe Island) and Queensland with a single record from Papua New Guinea. A single specimen from SE South Australia is in the University of Queensland collection.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Head ventral surface pale whitish yellow; maxillary plates wide; antennae short, antennal pits deep, close to the posterior apex of the head; frontoclypeus concave. Apical border of head wider against the eyes than in the centre; crown separated from the frontoclypeus by a distinct carina. Crown of head with three orange longitudinal stripes and two white stripes that continue onto the pronotum, blunt apically and very slightly concave, so that the ocelli are visible laterally as well as dorsally. Pronotum not parallel-sided; both the head and pronotum are slightly declivous. Tegmen pale orange brown with a row of black, white, orange and white markings against the costal border close to the apex and a diffuse black marking in both the apical median and cubital cells. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface yellowish white. Length 6 mm (Evans 1938).

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1938. Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea): Part VIII. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1938: 1-18 [6]

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