Species Trocnada minuta Evans, 1936

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Regional Maps

• Trocnada minuta Evans, J.W. 1936. The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935: 61-83 [78].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: J.W. Evans), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

 

Introduction

This small dark species is widespread in Australia, particularly in the southeast but it is also known from Darwin, Northern Territory, and locations in SW Western Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head ochreous, ocelli pink. Pronotum reddish brown. Scutellum dark brown. Tegmen hyaline brown, veins pinkish brown. Thorax and abdomen, ventral surface, and legs ochreous brown. Length 4.5 mm. Head width 1.8 mm (Evans 1936).

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

 

ID Keys

Dai & Dietrich 2012: 55–56

 

Diagnosis References

Dai, W. and Dietrich, C.H. 2012. Review of the Australian leafhopper genus Trocnada with notes on related genera (Hemiptera:Cicadellidae: Iassinae). Zootaxa 3209: 53–66 [57]

Evans, J.W. 1936. The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1935: 61-83 [78]

 

History of changes

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)