Species Mahuna conspersa Distant, 1907
Compiler and date details
29.7.2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Mahuna conspersa Distant, W.L. 1907. Rhynchotal Notes. xli. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 19: 277-295 [290].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH sex, quantity unknown (coll: F.P. Dodd), Queensland
Comment: Possibly holotype by monotypy.
Introduction
Examination of the primary type material in the BMNH will be necessary to determine the identity of this species.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Nymph: fungivore.
Diagnosis
Body ochraceous or greenish ochraceous; legs paler, anterior and intermediate tibiae darkly annulated; tegmina creamy white, opaque, sprinkled with fuscous, more prominently spotted on costal and apical margins, two small piceous spots on claval margin, one near middle, the other at apex; wings very pale fuliginous. Long., excl. tegm., 5.5 mm; exp. tegm. 15 mm. (Distant 1907)
ID Keys
Fennah 1950: 47
Diagnosis References
Distant, W.L. 1907. Rhynchotal Notes. xli. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 19: 277-295 [290]
Fennah, R.G. 1950. A generic revision of the Achilidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1(1): 1-170 [47]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Aug-2010 | 12-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 21-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |