Species Basilioterpa pallida (Evans, 1966)

Basilioterpa pallida (Evans), adult.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Carystoterpa pallida Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [324].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: xii.1921, A. Musgrave), Lord Howe Island.
  Paratype(s) AM ♀ (coll.: xii.1921, A. Musgrave), Lord Howe Island.

Generic Combinations

• Basilioterpa pallida (Evans, 1966). —
  Hamilton, K.G.A. & Morales, C.F. 1992. Cercopidae (Insecta: Homoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 25: 1-35 [12]

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: xylem feeder.

Diagnosis

Length, male 6-7 mm, female 8 mm. General coloration uniformly pale green (pale yellowish in dried specimens), or green with irregular obscure brownish markings. Differs from C. fasciata in characters furnished by the male genitalia, particularly in having forked, instead of simple, parameres. Male genitalia figured (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 [324]

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