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Discovered and recorded by Jean and Fred Hort is the species, Apollo maculiceps. The discovery was made in south Western Australia, where the species was found on the host plant Macrozamia riedlei (a native Australian cycad from the family Zamiaceae.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
- Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
- Superfamily: Delphacoidea
- Family: Cixiidae
- Subfamily: Cixiinae
- Tribe: Oecleini
- Genus: Apollo
- Species: Apollo maculiceps
Footnote & References
- Apollo maculiceps © Jean and Fred Hort
- Apollo maculiceps, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1541527-Apollo-maculiceps
- Apollo maculiceps sp. nov. in the fi eld, on its host plant Macrozamia riedlei
- Holzinger, Werner & Löcker, Birgit. (2023). First record of the tribe Oecleini in Australia (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of a new genus and species. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 349-361. 10.37520/aemnp.2023.022., https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Apollo-maculiceps-sp-nov-in-the-fi-eld-on-its-host-plant-Macrozamia-riedlei-Fischer_fig3_376887638
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