Species Stenopsoides newi Semeraro, 2021

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• Stenopsoides newi Semeraro, L., Fletcher, M.J., Malipatil, M.B., Constant, J. and New, T.R. 2021. Revision of a unique Australian leafhopper genus Stenopsoides Evans (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae: Macropsini). Zootaxa 4999(2): 117–131 [122].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 28360 ♀ (coll: 14 September 1985, R.P. McMillan), Karratha, Western Australia [20°44’06”S 116°50’53”E].

 

Introduction

This relatively large species is based on three female specimens from the Pilbara bioregion in NW Western Australia. Norhing is known of its biology.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Pilbara (PIL)

Diagnosis

Stenopsoides newi may be recognised from other species in the genus by a combination of characters. It has a larger body size than either S. punctatus Semeraro and S. truncatus Semeraro but overlaps in size with S. turneri. It is mostly yellow with some orange on the face, legs and base of tegmen; the scutellum is bright yellow, contrasting with the pronotum and tegmen. The extended pronotum bears a single diffuse brown stripe dorsally, (S. turneri has lateral stripes on either side of the pronotal extension and S. punctatus and S. truncatus, have no brown stripes). Similar to S. punctatus, the extended pronotum in lateral view is directed dorsoanteriad and is conical, tapering to a rounded apex (differs from S. turneri which is slightly flattened and broadened at apex and from S. truncatus which is truncate at apex when viewed dorsally). There is some brown banding on apex of hind femur and base of hind tibia which is contrasted against the rest of the yellow leg (other species have entirely yellow legs, or only some orange markings). The coronal pits are slightly further apart than the inter-ocellar distance (in other species they are about the same distance from each other). Similar to S. truncatus there are no brown spots on the tegmen (S. punctatus has spots evenly over the tegmen and S. turneri has spots in costal cell only) (Semeraro et al. 2021).

 

ID Keys

Semeraro et al. 2021: 119–120

 

Diagnosis References

Semeraro, L., Fletcher, M.J., Malipatil, M.B., Constant, J. and New, T.R. 2021. Revision of a unique Australian leafhopper genus Stenopsoides Evans (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae: Macropsini). Zootaxa 4999(2): 117–131 [124]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	CICADOMORPHA	02-Sep-2021	ADDED