Pale Wattle Hopper Red Body | Pale Wattle Hopper Head | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | True Bugs (Hemiptera) | ||||
Family: | Planthopper (Hopper: Fulgoroidea, Eurybrachidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Pale Wattle Hopper (Dardus abbreviatus) | ||||
This Photo: | Frons | ||||
Other name: | Dardus Wattle Hopper | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~3.5mm long Notice the emarginate eye around the antennae (underneath the eye). There is a knob like process on it, this is diagnostic for the Eurybrachidae family. Notice the frons (face) is evenly rugose, with no major lumps & bumps; this is diagnostic for the genus. Notice the red body (barely visible under the wings), one of the diagnostics for the species. | |||||
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