Species Xestocephalus izzardi Metcalf, 1955
Compiler and date details
22 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Xestocephalus izzardi Metcalf, Z.P. 1955. New names in the Homoptera. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 45(8): 262-267 [266] [replacement name].
- Xestocephalus minutus Izzard, R.J. 1936. The Hemiptera of Christmas Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 17: 577-600 [598] [junior homonym].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: i–iv.1933, F. Harms), Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.
Introduction
This small species is only known from Christmas Island, an Australian territory near Indonesia.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Pale yellow. Head pale brown, immaculate, slightly narrower than pronotum, broadly rounded apically; vertex about half as long as wide between eyes; frons pale brown; antennae yellow; clypeus about as broad as long, sides parallel, apex truncate. Scutellum with two circular brown spots at the base. Tegmina with two large and two small spots on the clavus, a large semicircular blotch on the corium widening apically, two large spots at the apex of the clavus and two small ones towards apex of costal margin, brown. Dorsal side of abdomen fuscous, ventral side and legs whitish. Total length 2¼ mm (Izzard 1936, as X. minutus). Izzard (1936) also provided an illustration of the male genitalia of this species.
Diagnosis References
Izzard, R.J. 1936. The Hemiptera of Christmas Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 17: 577-600 [598]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Mar-2012 | ADDED |