Species Yoyetta landsboroughi (Distant, 1882)

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• Melampsalta landsboroughi 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 [131].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Sydney, NSW.
• Melampsalta toowoombae Distant, W.L. 1915. On some Australian Cicadidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 16: 50-53 [52].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Toowoomba, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Emery, N.J., Emery, D.L. & Popple, L.W. 2015. A redescription of Yoyetta landsboroughi (Distant) and Y. tristrigata (Goding and Froggatt) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and description of four new related species. Zootaxa 3948(3): 301–341 [305]

Generic Combinations

• Cicadetta landsboroughi (Distant, 1882). —
  Moulds, M.S. 1990. Australian Cicadas. Kensington : New South Wales University Press 217 pp. [11, 151, 153–154, 165, pl. 17, Fig. 4, Fig. 4a]
• Yoyetta landsboroughi (Distant, 1882). —
  Moulds, M.S. 2012. A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa 3287: 1-262 [237]
• Cicadetta toowoombae (Distant, 1915). —
  Moulds, M.S. 1990. Australian Cicadas. Kensington : New South Wales University Press 217 pp. [144]
• Yoyetta toowoombae (Distant, 1915). —
  Moulds, M.S. 2012. A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa 3287: 1-262 [237]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Riparian.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults inhabit eucalypts along inland river systems; around Sydney and in some other areas, teatrees (Melaleuca spp.) are often favoured.

General References

Emery, N.J., Emery, D.L. & Popple, L.W. 2015. A redescription of Yoyetta landsboroughi (Distant) and Y. tristrigata (Goding and Froggatt) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and description of four new related species. Zootaxa 3948(3): 301–341 [305] (redescription)

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