Genus Ouwea Distant, 1907

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ouwea Distant, W.L. 1907. Rhynchotal Notes. xli. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 19: 277-295 [292].

  Type species:

   Ouwea doddi Distant, 1907 by original designation.
• Spendon 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 [26].

  Type species:

   Spendon flavonotatus Jacobi, 1928 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fennah, R.G. 1950. A generic revision of the Achilidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1(1): 1-170 [42]

Introduction

The type species, O. doddi, is one of the more common Achilini in Australian collections, although its distribution appears restricted to northern Queensland. Emeljanov (2005) resurrected the genus from Catonidia Uhler after Fennah (1950) synonymised the two names.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

The genus is recognised by its rectangular, slightly concave vertex which is 2-3 times as wide as long. The species also does not have the second segment of the antennae projecting past the eyes (in dorsal view). Fresh specimens of O. doddi are striking in their dark brown coloration with yellow venation and yellow patches.

ID Keys

Moir, M.L. and Fletcher, M.J. (2005). Illustrated key to the genera of the tribe Achilini found in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Achilidae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/achilidae/achili00.htm

General References

Emeljanov, A.F. 2005. New genera and species of the Family Achilidae (Homoptera). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 84 1: 10-45 [19]

Fennah, R.G. 1950. A generic revision of the Achilidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1(1): 1-170 [42]

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