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<I>Trocnada alpina </I>Evans, adult.

Trocnada alpina Evans, adult.

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Species Trocnada alpina Evans, 1939


Compiler and date details

15 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This species is mainly distributed along the high country of SE New South Wales and Victoria with records from SW Western Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head ventral surface, maxillary plates and lora pale grey; frontoclypeus pale yellow. Crown declivous, pale yellow ornamented with red and black spots. Pronotum yellowish grey with black and pink spots. Scutellum yellow with black markings. Tegmen pinkish hyaline; veins pale brown bordered with black spots. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface pale greenish yellow. Hind tibia pale yellow but for the external surface which is dark brown and the bases of the spines which are black. Male genitalia with long narrow parameres and subgenital plates which are concealed by the overlapping tergite of the eighth abdominal segment; pygophores not developed. Length 7 mm (Evans 1939).

Dai & Dietrich (2012) provide a description and illustrations of the male genitalia.

 

ID Keys

Dai & Dietrich 2012: 55–56

 

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 Iassinae Amyot & Serville, 1843 08-Nov-2016 MODIFIED Dr Murray Fletcher
05-Dec-2019 02-Dec-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)