Species Undarana gloriosa Hoch & Howarth, 1989
Compiler and date details
4 August 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Undarana gloriosa Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. 1989. Reductive evolutionary trends in two new cavernicolous species of a new Australian cixiid genus (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Systematic Entomology 14: 179-196 [184].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM 14179 ♂ (coll.: 5-8.ii.1961, J.L. & M. Gressitt, malaise trap), Mt Glorious, Queensland.
Introduction
This epigean species was described from two localities in SE Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Extra Ecological Information
Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.
Diagnosis
Compound eyes well developed; head and thorax brownish medially with conspicuous longitudinal yellowish stripe; tegmina with crossveins slightly darker than longitudinal veins, otherwise unmarked. Legs yellowish brown; distal part of coxae and proximal portion of femora of forelegs dark brown. Frons twice as long as its greatest width. Pronotum 1.3 x as wide as maximum width of head and 6.4 x as wide as anterior margin of vertex. Tegmen 2.5 x as long as wide. Hind tibiae laterally with 2 spines; caudal margin of genital segment smooth, without more or less acute protuberances; genital styles in lateral aspect apically pointed, but without spine-like process. Length ♂ 7.1–7.8 mm, ♀ 8.7 mm. Length of tegmen ♂ 6.2–6.6 mm, ♀ 7.6 mm. (Hoch & Howarth 1989)
ID Keys
Hoch & Howarth 1989: 181
Diagnosis References
Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. 1989. Reductive evolutionary trends in two new cavernicolous species of a new Australian cixiid genus (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Systematic Entomology 14: 179-196 [184]
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |