Species Taurella forresti (Distant, 1882)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melampsalta forresti 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 [129].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MGH ♀, Gayndah, QLD; BMNH ♀, Gayndah, QLD.
• Melampsalta capistrata Ashton, H. 1912. Descriptions of new Australian Cicadidae in the National Museum, Melbourne. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 4: 30-32, pl. 4 [31].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV ♂ ♀, Kuranda, QLD; AM ♂ ♀, Kuranda, QLD.
• Melampsalta warburtoni 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 [129].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Peak Downs, QLD; ZMH ♀, Peak Downs, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Moulds, M.S. 2012. A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa 3287: 1-262 [74]

Generic Combinations

• Cicadetta capistrata (Ashton, 1912). —
  Metcalf, Z.P. 1963. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fasc. 8. Cicadoidea, in two parts. Raleigh : University of North Carolina State College 1411 pp. [299]
• Cicadetta forresti (Distant, 1882). —
  Weidner, V.H. & Wagner, W. 1968. Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg VII. Teil. Insecta IV. Mitteilungen des Hamburgerischen Zoologisches Museums und Instituts 65: 123-179 [149]
• Taurella forresti (Distant, 1882). —
  Moulds, M.S. 2012. A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa 3287: 1-262 [211]
• Cicadetta warburtoni (Distant, 1882). —
  Metcalf, Z.P. 1963. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fasc. 8. Cicadoidea, in two parts. Raleigh : University of North Carolina State College 1411 pp. [394]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, tall open forest.

Extra Ecological Information

Trees and shrubs near rainforest margins and at times in suburban gardens, where the native hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus) is often favoured.

History of changes