Species Varta longula Viraktamath, 2004

Varta longula Viraktamath, adult.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

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• Varta longula Viraktamath, C.A. 2004. A revision of the Varta-Stymphalus generic complex of the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera Cicadellidae) from the Old World. Zootaxa 713: 1-47 [17].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM ♂ (coll: J.L. Gressitt, 26-28.x.1960), W. district, Oriomo Govt., New Guinea.

Introduction

This very distinctively and strikingly coloured leafhopper is known from a small number of specimens from Ingham in the wet tropics of North Queensland. The species is otherwise widespread in Papua New Guinea and is also known from the Philippines.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

The colour and structure of species of Varta is fairly uniform for all species which can only be reliably differentiated by the structures of the male genitalia. However, with only one species of the genus present in Australia, tentative identifications of the species are quite easy because of its distinctive appearance.

ID Keys

Viraktamath 2004: 12

Diagnosis References

Viraktamath, C.A. 2004. A revision of the Varta-Stymphalus generic complex of the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera Cicadellidae) from the Old World. Zootaxa 713: 1-47 [12, 17]

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