Species Melanetettix semeraroae Knight & Fletcher, 2007

Melanetettix semeraroae Knight & Fletcher, adult.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

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• Melanetettix semeraroae Knight, W.J. & Fletcher, M.J. 2007. A new deltocephaline leafhopper genus, Melanetettix, from Melanesia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Systematics and Biodiversity 5(2): 199-222 [204].

  Type data:

   Holotype ASCU ASCTHE005895 ♂ (coll.: M.S. & B.J. Moulds, 25.x.2979, m.v. light), Upper Jardine River, Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland [11°14'S 142°36'E].

Introduction

This beautifully marked leafhopper is found in New Guinea and in North Queensland as far south as the wet tropics around Cairns.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

The distinctive markings on the head, pronotum and tegmina should make this species recognisable amongst the Australian Cicadellidae. The male genitalia were described and illustrated by Knight & Fletcher (2007).

ID Keys

Knight & Fletcher 2007: 200–204.

Diagnosis References

Knight, W.J. & Fletcher, M.J. 2007. A new deltocephaline leafhopper genus, Melanetettix, from Melanesia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Systematics and Biodiversity 5(2): 199-222 [205–206]

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