Species Xestocephalus tasmaniensis Evans, 1938

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• Xestocephalus tasmaniensis Evans, J.W. 1938. Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea): Part VIII. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1938: 1-18 [12].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: A.M. Lea), Hobart, Tasmania.

 

Introduction

This is the most widespread species of Xestocephalus in Australia although some records may have been misidentified in the absence of a comprehensive revision of the genus in Australia. The distribution is mainly coastal although there are records from along the Murray River in inland Victoria.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Jarrah Forest (JF), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head ventral surface reddish brown, palest posteriorly; antennal very long; crown declivous, rounded apically, reddish brown with yellow markings; ocelli marginal, visible dorsally, large and white. Tegmen pale yellowish brown with brown areas surrounding oval hyaline spots. Thorax ventral surface chocolate brown. Abdomen ventral surface brown, the hind border of each segment white. Length 2 mm (Evans 1938).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1938. Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea): Part VIII. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1938: 1-18 [12]

 

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)