Fulgoroidea (superfamily)
Unidentified fulgoroid planthopper at Page, ACT
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| Fulgoroidea (superfamily) | MichaelMulvaney | 13 Apr 2025 | |
| Fulgoroidea (superfamily) | MichaelMulvaney | 8 Apr 2025 | |
| Platybrachys sp. (genus) | CarbonAI | 30 Sep 2024 | |
| Cicadellidae (family) | catherine.gilbert | 30 Sep 2024 |
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This little puppy was in my lounge room. It was only about 9 mm long. I took some photos and then did some time honored photo taxonomy. The problem is that it looks like a Myerslopella sp. (Cicadellidae: Euacanthellinae: Sagmatiini) which are found in Queensland and Northern NSW (where I have never been), not the ACT. There are differences between the this individual and the only photo I could find, the Holotype of Myerslopella taylori (https://idtools.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/species/myerslop.htm) This one appears to be brachytperous. The hind margin of the pronotum is also more elaborate. Is this just a juvenile of something more common? I did not realize that it would be so problematic, so when it hopped away, I did not chase it.
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8 Apr 2025
Sorry for the delay in reply - spines on hind tibia and antennae arrangement suggest a Fulgoridae nymph but I am not sure.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.052430-35.236885
- Places Page, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Sep 2024 01:11 PM Recorded on
- catherine.gilbert Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- catherine.gilbert NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Fulgoroidea (superfamily) Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families) Insects
Species information
- Fulgoroidea (superfamily) Scientific name
- Unidentified fulgoroid planthopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 894m Recorded at altitude
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