Species Xestocephalus magnificus Evans, 1966

Museums

Regional Maps

• Xestocephalus magnificus Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [256].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♀ (coll.: i.1958, D. McAlpine), Herberton, Queensland.

 

Introduction

This is the largest and palest of the Australian species of Xestocephalus. It has been found in NE New South Wales as well as Herberton, N. Queensland, the type locality.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

General coloration pale yellowish brown. Head pale brown, each eye equal in width to half the total width of the crown. Pronotum brownish yellow, sometimes with three dark markings posteriorly. Scutellum yellowish brown without markings. Tegmen pale hyaline brownish yellow with dark brown markings; these may be arranged as a pattern of ovals or be confined to the margin of the tegmen. Length ♀ 4.8 mm (Evans 1966).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [256]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Mar-2012		22-Mar-2012	MOVED
22-Mar-2012		22-Mar-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)