Species Tumocerus varius Evans, 1942
Compiler and date details
13 October 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Tumocerus varius Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [149].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: 11-21.i.1936, R.E. Turner), Dedari, Western Australia.Type locality references:
Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. 1994. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1117-1288 [1120] (details of R.E. Turner's collecting sites in Australia). - Tumocerus merredinensis Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [149].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀ (coll.: 13.xii.1935, R.E. Turner), Merredin, Western Australia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [64] (synonymy of T. merredinensis)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Tumocerus various Evans, 1942. —
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [64] (subsequent misspelling)
Introduction
This species is endemic to the arid regions of southern Western Australia. Webb (1983) misspelled the name as "T. various". The species is unknown to the compiler.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head ventral surface yellow, eyes dark brown, ocelli red, hind margin of the frontoclypeus brown. Crown wider in the centre than against the eyes, yellow suffused with brown medially and with two round black markings. Pronotum brownish grey. Scutellum yellow with two triangular brown markings close to the centre; muscle impressions black. Tegmen hyaline, partially suffused with brown; veins dark brown. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface yellow, legs brown. Length 4 mm (Evans 1942).
This species can be distinguished from T. grandis by its smaller size and usually by being more heavily marked with brown (Webb 1983).
ID Keys
Webb 1983: 64
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [149]
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [64–65]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |