Species Undarana towomba Hoch & Howarth, 1989
Compiler and date details
4 August 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Undarana towomba 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 [186].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM 14178 ♂ (coll.: 29.x.1922), Toowoomba, Queensland.
Introduction
An epigean species known only from the type locality at Toowoomba, 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
Head and thorax brownish medially with conspicuous longitudinal yellowish stripe; tegmina traversed by two irregular brownish bands, accompanying the proximal and distal crossveins; apical cells of tegmen weakly infuscate posteriorly; wings lightly clouded fuscous along crossveins and distal margin; legs yellowish brown, without any conspicuous markings; compound eyes well developed; frons about twice as long as its greatest width; pronotum 1.2 x as wide as maximum width of head and 7.3 x as wide as anterior margin of vertex; tegmen 2.5 x as long as wide; hind tibiae laterally with 2–3 spines; caudal margin of genital segment with a short stout protuberance at each lateroapical angle; ventral margin of anal tube smooth, without any processes. Length ♂ 8.1 mm, ♀ 8 mm. Length of tegmen ♂ 6.6–7.0 mm, ♀ 6.9 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 [186]
History of changes
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| 13-Oct-2010 | 13-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |