Species Myopsalta mackinlayi (Distant, 1882)

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• Melampsalta mackinlayi Distant, W.L. 1882. On some undescribed Cicadidae from Australia and the Pacific region. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 125-134, pl. 7 [130].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Distant Coll. 1911–383 ♀, ‘Peak Downs’, central Queensland.
  Syntype(s) BMNH 3 specimens, Peak Downs, QLD
  Comment: Out of the three specimens labelled as syntypes in the Natural History Museum, London, only one actually belongs to Myopsalta (see Popple 2017).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Popple, L.W. 2017. A revision of the Myopsalta crucifera (Ashton) species group (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini) with 14 new species from mainland Australia. Zootaxa 4340(1): 1-98 [47].

Generic Combinations

• Myopsalta mackinlayi (Distant, 1882). —
  Moulds, M.S. 2012. A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa 3287: 1-262 [74, 151]
• Cicadetta mackinlayi (Distant, 1882). —
  Moulds, M.S. 1988. The status of Cicadetta and Melampsalta (Homoptera: Cicadidae) in Australia with the description of two new species. General and Applied Entomology 20: 39-48

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

Misidentifications

the female lectotype of M. mackinlayi, is conspecific with material formerly identified as Myopsalta atrata (see details in Popple 2017)

General References

Popple, L.W. 2017. A revision of the Myopsalta crucifera (Ashton) species group (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini) with 14 new species from mainland Australia. Zootaxa 4340(1): 1-98 [46, Figs 1H, 2H, 3O, 3P, 17, 18–20; Plate 8]

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