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Species Elenchus perkinsianus Kifune & Hirashima, 1989

  • Elenchus perkinsianus Kifune, T. & Hirashima,Y. 1989. Taxonomic studies on the Strepsiptera in the collection of Bishop Museum. Notulae Strepsipterologicae—XX. Esakia 28: 11-48 [26].
    Type data:
     Holotype BPBM adult, Brisbane, QLD.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Endemic, NE coastal, QLD.


Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic, male—volant, parasitoid.

Extra Ecological Information

Hosts (Liburnia sp. and other Delphacidae [Homoptera]).

 

General References

Perkins, R.C.L. 1905. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies (Part III Stylopidae). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station 1(3): 90-111 [106] (misidentified as Elenchus tenuicornis Kirby, 1815; `everywhere abundant in Queensland')