Species Nesochlamys yiralli Löcker, 2010

Nesochlamys yiralli Löcker, adult

© Copyright Birgit Löcker, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nesochlamys yiralli Löcker, B. in Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J. & Gurr, G.M. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the Australian Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2425: 1-31 [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T.156369 ♂ (coll: 14–25.xi.1980, R.I. Storey, originally from QDPI collection), Mt Lewis, Queensland.

Introduction

A boldly marked species based on four males from Mt Lewis in North Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

Diagnosis

Colour. Vertex light brown near basal emargination, mid to dark brown apically. Face mid brown, carinae concolorous, except for pale lateral carinae of frons. Pronotum light brown, mesonotum dark brown. Forewings hyaline with some light to mid brown patches; veins and tubercles concolorous with cells; apical parts of veins near pterostigma darkened; pterostigma light brown. Abdomen mid brown. Legs light brown. Morphology. Body length: ♂ 3.1–3.4 mm. Head: Vertex 0.8–1.0 times as wide as long; with median carina covering 1/2–3/4 of length of vertex. Frons 1.4–1.5 times longer than wide. Rostrum not reaching hind coxae. Thorax: Forewing 3.5–4.0 times longer than wide; with about 16–18 tubercles on costa; Sc+R forking slightly basad or at same level as fork CuA1+CuA2; position of crossvein R-M basad or at same level as fork MA-MP; RP apically bifid; apical cells 9–10. Hind leg: 1st tarsomere with 6 apical teeth; 2nd tarsomere with 6 apical teeth and three very fine setae. Male genitalia: Genital styles apically with numerous fine setae. Ventromedian process of pygofer trapezoid with a shallow incision at the top. Aedeagus: phallotheca left laterally with two, long, intertwisted spines and ventrally with long spine, bearing two short spines pointing in opposite directions. Flagellum without spines.
Remarks. This species can easily be distinguished from all other Australian species of Nesochlamys by the presence of the long spine, bearing two short spines pointing in opposite directions on the ventral side of aedeagus. (Löcker et.al. 2010)

ID Keys

Löcker et.al. (2010: 20)

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J. & Gurr, G.M. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the Australian Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa (2425): 1-31 [24]

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