Genus Innobindus Jacobi, 1928

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• Innobindus 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 [31].

  Type species:

   Innobindus multimaculatus Jacobi, 1928 by original designation.

Introduction

The genus Innobindus was monotypic until Löcker, et al. (2007) added six new species. All species are restricted to New South Wales or Queensland and collection data indicates that none of the known species is cavernicolous in contrast to the other Australian genera of Brixiini which both include cavernicolous species. Löcker, et al. (2007) recognised two species groups in Innobindus which were termed the licinus group from New South Wales and SE Queensland and the multimaculatus group which is primarily from North Queensland, although one species, I. alternans occurs in the SE corner of Queensland and overlaps with the distribution of I. marginatus in the licinus group. The key to species provided by Löcker et al. (2007: 47) is based primarily on males. Females can only be identified to species group.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Colour. Body brown; forewing hyaline, colourless, sometimes with scattered brown marks and darker crossveins, legs light brown. Morphology. Body length: ♂ 5.0–7.4 mm, ♀ 5.7–7.4 mm. Head: Vertex with u- or v-shaped basal emargination; lateral carinae strongly elevated; median carina absent or present; apical and subapical carina well developed, straight or slightly curved, forming a rectangle. Maximum width of frons more than 2× apical width, evenly widening from apex to maximum width which is distinctly dorsad of centre of frontoclypeal suture; lateral carinae extending laterally, concealing base of antennae; median carina incomplete; frontoclypeal suture slightly semicircular bent upwards, median part not reaching level with lower margin of antennal scape; median ocellus present. Median and lateral carinae of postclypeus well developed; median carina of anteclypeus well developed; lateral carinae absent. Rostrum surpassing hind coxae. Thorax: Pronotum with hind margin rectangular to slightly obtusely angled; median carina present. Mesonotum with 3 well-developed carinae. Forewing in resting position steeply tectiform, apices of wings touching; concavity at costal border; tubercles along veins; Sc+R+M forming a common stem; fork of ScRA+RP basad of fork of CuA1+CuA2; position of r-m at same level as or slightly basad of fork of MA+MP; icu distinctly distad of apex of clavus; RP apically trifid; additional subapical cell between branches of RP present; MA apically trifid; MP apically bifid; additional subapical cell between branches of MA present; fork of PCu+A1 distad of centre of clavus (rarely central within clavus); 10 (rarely 11) apical cells. Hind leg: tibia with 6 apical teeth forming uninterrupted row of spines or small gap present, dividing spines in two groups of three teeth; 1st tarsomere with 7 (rarely 8) apical teeth; 2nd tarsomere with 8 (rarely 7) apical teeth; tarsomeres usually without platellae; 2nd tarsomere with 0–3 fine setae underneath row of apical teeth. (Löcker, et al. 2007)

ID Keys

Löcker et al. 2007: 46

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J. & Gurr, G.M. 2007. Revision of the genus Innobindus Jacobi (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of six new species and comments on other Australian Brixiini genera. Australian Journal of Entomology 46: 45-55 [47]

General References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J. & Gurr, G.M. 2007. Revision of the genus Innobindus Jacobi (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of six new species and comments on other Australian Brixiini genera. Australian Journal of Entomology 46: 45-55

History of changes