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Paralyricen tephrias

Spotted Derbid-Planthopper

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Spotted Derbid-Planthopper

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group - widspread; N.Group ?; Land, lowlands to Cloud Zone

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest

KEY FEATURES: Very small, slender insect to 8mmTL. FOREWINGS narrow and expanded at outer end; translucent with several dark spots.

SIMILAR SPECIES: See under Sugarcane Derbid-Planthopper (Pyrrhoneura saccharicida).

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P			P	P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Paralyricen tephrias Fennah
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hemiptera; Auchenorrhyncha; Fulgoroidea; DERBIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga:4 specimens, 1977, Krauss, and one 1983/01, Te Kou top (500m), G.Paulay, in BPBM, ID M.Asche as Paralyricen tephrias; specimen+photo, 1999/Apr, Avatiu Valley, BESO #457, unidentified, ID GMcC at BPBM 6/2003 as Paralyricen tephrias; fieldspecimen+photo, Tupapa lowland, 2007/May, G.McCormack with ID as Paralyricen tephrias. Mauke:11 specimens, 11/1984, G.Paulay, in BPBM, ID M.Asche as Paralyricen tephrias. Mitiaro: 5 specimens, 2/1979, Krauss, in BPBM, ID M.Asche as Paralyricen tephrias.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM04a, zupM07a, zD03a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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