Species Undarana rosella Hoch & Howarth, 1989
Compiler and date details
4 August 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Undarana rosella 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 [192].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂ (coll.: 12.vi.1986, F.G. Howarth & S. Robson), Bayliss Cave, Undara lavaflow, Rosella Plains Station, Mt Surprise, Queensland.
Introduction
This is one of two cavernicolous species in the genus Undarana and is known from a number of specimens from the Undara lavaflow in N. Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
All stages: cave dweller.
Extra Ecological Information
Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.
Diagnosis
Head and thorax more or less homogeneously brownish, head medially indistinctly lighter; tegmina with dark brown markings along the proximal crossveins, longitudinal veins densely papillate; wings without markings; legs brownish, coxae of forelegs distally with dark brown ovate spots; frons 1.6 x as long as its greatest width; compound eyes reduced in size; median and lateral ocelli distinct; pronotum 1.5 x as wide as maximum width of head and 5.1 x as wide as anterior margin of vertex; tegmen 2.4 times as long as wide; hind tibiae laterally unarmed. Length ♂ 6.0–6.4 mm, ♀ 7.2–7.4 mm. Length of tegmen ♂ 5.2–5.5 mm, ♀ 6.2–6.3 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 [192]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2010 | 13-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |