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Species Ipo hilli Evans, 1934


Compiler and date details

24 August 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This species is unknown to the compiler. The only known specimens are from Darwin, Northern Territory.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head light or dark brown mottled with buff; maxillary plates and lorae largely pale brown, the rest of the head mostly dark brown. The whole surface of the head is covered with short hairs. Pronotum grey mottled with dark brown and with a broad median longitudinal grey stripe, also hairy. Scutellum light or dark brown, the posterior margin yellow. Tegmen anterior claval and costal areas punctate; the anterior two thirds of the tegmen deep chocolate brown with brown veins, the posterior third transparent with white veins. There is an anterior transverse fascia divided into two areas, one in the costal and one in the claval area, the latter lying along the margin of the scutellum. There are a few small round and narrow longitudinal hyaline areas on the dark part of the tegmen. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface pale brown. legs, proximal halves of the femora pale brown, distal halves dark brown; tibiae dark brown with white oval spots and one or more of the edges of the hind tibiae may be white. Length: ♂ 5 mm, ♀ 7 mm. Head width 3 mm (Evans 1934).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019 02-Dec-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)