Species Wiloatma bifurcata Webb, 1983
Compiler and date details
13 October 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Wiloatma bifurcata Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [79].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: viii.1919, F. Muir), Coolangatta, Queensland.
Introduction
This species shows some variation from other species of the genus but was included in Wiloatma on the basis of the third apical cell of the forewings being pedunculate, the lora strongly swollen and the clypellus blackish brown. It is found in SE Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species differs from other species in the genus in having a different setal formulaa at the apex of the hind femur (2+0), the veins of the forewings scarlet, the male pygophore without posterior processes and the ventrolateral arms of segment X bifurcate (Webb 1983).
ID Keys
Webb 1983: 76–77
Diagnosis References
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [79–80]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |