Species Siphanta lynae Fletcher, 1985

Siphanta lynae Fletcher, adult

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Siphanta lynae Fletcher, M.J. 1985. Revision of the genus Siphanta Stål (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Flatidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 110: 1-94 [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype ASCU ♂ (coll.: 26.xi.1977, L.S. Fletcher, on leaves of Eucalyptus eximia), Galston Gorge, Near Sydney, New South Wales.

Introduction

This species has been found in the Sydney basin and in Brisbane in SE Queensland. Fletcher (1985) placed it in the roseicincta group. The holotype and three paratypes were collected on leaves of yellow bloodwood, Corymbia eximia (Schauer) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (Myrtaceae), which is probably a host for the species.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

roseicincta Group. Head short, vertex no more than ½ as long as wide at base. Apical margin of vertex roundly or angularly produced slightly. Frons wider than long or as wide as long with strong median longitudinal carina but lateral carinae obsolete or indicated at very apex only. Tegmen narrow with apical angle rounded and sutural angle rounded or obtusely angulate, never produced. M1+2 branched at about middle of tegmen, well before apex of clavus. Green, fading to yellow or orange in dried specimens. Frons dark brown in most species. Apex of head, carinae of frons, outer claval vein, fore- and mid-tibiae and all tarsi usually marked with red. Tegminal granules black at tip. Margin of tegmen except base of costal margin and claval margin to apex of clavus marked with red.
S. lynae. Frons very dark brown. Pronotum and mesonotum orange with greenish granules but lacking obvious striping. Tegmen generally translucent pale green with yellow on all veins. Costal margin red from near base. Frons lacking lateral carinae; vertex evenly concave, not smooth. Male pygofer process elongate, nearly straight, slightly clavate. Paramere elongate, somewhat pointed apically. Paramere process short, thick, perpendicular to dorsal edge of paramere. Female third valvulae triangular, thick with pilose area ventral. Second valvulae gap narrow U-shape (Fletcher 1985).

ID Keys

Fletcher 1985: 4–6
Fletcher, M.J. (2005). Illustrated Key to the species of the genus Siphanta Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Flatidae)
http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/flatid/siphanta/siph00.htm

Diagnosis References

Fletcher, M.J. 1985. Revision of the genus Siphanta Stål (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Flatidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 110: 1-94 [37]

History of changes