Aacanthocnema burckhardti is a species of jumping plant lice, first found as a sap-sucker on plants of the genus Allocasuarina in Australia. The species is characterised by exhibiting an elongate habitus; short Rs and short cubital forewing cells; ventral genal processes beneath the apical margin of its vertex; short antennae; and nymphs that are elongate and very sclerotised (scale-like). It lacks hinaria on its eighth antennal segment as well as sclerotised spurs on its hind tibia. Females of the species lack a posterior apical hook on their proctiger.[1]
| Aacanthocnema burckhardti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Triozidae |
| Genus: | Aacanthocnema |
| Species: | A. burckhardti
|
| Binomial name | |
| Aacanthocnema burckhardti Taylor, 2011
| |
The species was first described by Gary S. Taylor in 2011,[2][1] and is named after Daniel Burckhardt from the Naturhistorisches Museum, in Basel, who collected the type material.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Taylor, Gary S.; Jennings, John T.; Purcell, Matthew F.; Austini, Andy. D. (2011). "A new genus and ten new species of jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Triozidae) from Allocasuarina (Casuarinaceae) in Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3009: 1–45.
- ^ "Species Aacanthocnema burckhardti Taylor, 2011". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
This Hemiptera article related to members of the insect suborder Sternorrhyncha is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |