Species Gelastopsis modestus (Jacobi, 1928)

Gelastopsis modestus (Jacobi), adult

© Copyright J. Constant, RBINS, Belgium

Gelastopsis modestus (Jacobi), face of adult

© Copyright J. Constant, RBINS, Belgium

Museums

Regional Maps

• Elthenus modestus Jacobi, A. 1928. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. Rhynchota, Homoptera. 1. Fulgoridae und Cercopidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 19A(28): 1-50 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♀, Cossack, Western Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Constant, J. 2005. Revision of the Eurybrachidae (IV). The Australian genus Gelastopsis Kirkaldy, 1906 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Eurybrachidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 75: 57-69 [62].

Generic Combinations

• Gelastopsis modestus (Jacobi, 1928). —
  Fennah, R.G. 1964. Three new genera of Eurybrachyidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) from West Africa and Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 33(9-10): 157-162 [160]

Introduction

This species is recorded from arid to semi-arid areas of Western Australia across to the southern part of the Northern Territory. Constant (2005) notes that the species has been collected on Acacia bivenosa DC (Fabaceae) and the distribution of this species of wattle is very similar to the known distribution of G. modestus, implying that the two species are associated. Jacobi (1928) noted that he based the species on a single male but Constant (2005) states that the holotype is a female.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Pilbara (PIL)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Immediately recognised by the two big black patches of the frons being separated by a complete pale median stripe and the hind wings with a well developed anal area. (Constant 2005)

ID Keys

Constant 2005: 66

Diagnosis References

Constant, J. 2005. Revision of the Eurybrachidae (IV). The Australian genus Gelastopsis Kirkaldy, 1906 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Eurybrachidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 75: 57-69 [62]

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