Species Anabunda murrayfletcheri Moir, 2006

Anabunda murrayfletcheri Moir, adult

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• Anabunda murrayfletcheri Moir, M.L. & Fletcher, M.J. 2006. Two new species of Anabunda Emeljanov (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 1328: 39-50 [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM QMT133356 ♂ (coll: S. Winterton, N. Power, D. White, 3-10.x.1997, malaise trap, rainforest canopy), Main Rd, Mt Glorious Biological Centre, Queensland.

Introduction

Few specimens of this species are known in Australian collections, suggesting that this species may be cryptic or relatively rare. It appears to be restricted to rainforest mainly around southeast Queensland. Most specimens have been collected at light although one was collected by pyrethrum knockdown of Argyrodendron actinophyllum Edlin (Family Malvaceae). (Moir & Fletcher 2006)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Nymph: fungivore.

Diagnosis

Colour. Vertex green except anterior and lateral margins lined with red, darkening at midline. Frons, pronotum, mesonotum green. Eyes black fading to brown in older specimens. Legs mostly green, except fore and mid tarsi, fore tibia, posterior section of fore femur, red. Spines black. Forewings green with large brown distorted spot on inner
margin and apical cells dark brown along posterior edge. Hindwings smoky white. Body length. male 10.2–10.9 mm, Female 12.8–13.4 mm. Head. Vertex projecting approximately one eye length beyond eyes. Frons widest at distinct frontoclypeal suture, dorsal margin almost as wide. Thorax. Pronotum extending to level of anterior margin of eyes, posterior margin rounded. Forewings with 19–20 apical cells and 4–5 rows of subapical cells. Vein CuA2 strongly curved. Hind tibia with single row of 7 apical spines. Male genitalia. First segment of anal tube widening uniformly from base, bearing two small flanges at posterior margin. Pygofer with medioventral process lobeshaped and indented at midpoint. Parameres with ventral surface smooth and rounded, dorsal surface twisted, bearing one large and one small outer marginal spines. Aedeagal appendages each with spine extending to posterior margin, and with lobe bearing marginal setae and wrapped around upper section of appendage, from outer to inner margins. Dorsal lobe of phallobase slightly elongated, with two small curved spines. Lateral lobes greatly enlarged into a scalloped shape. (Moir & Fletcher 2006)

ID Keys

Moir & Fletcher 2006: 41

Diagnosis References

Moir, M.L. & Fletcher, M.J. 2006. Two new species of Anabunda Emeljanov (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 1328: 39-50 [45]

General References

Moir, M.L. & Fletcher, M.J. 2006. Two new species of Anabunda Emeljanov (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 1328: 39-50 [45]

Common Name References

Moir, M.L. & Fletcher, M.J. 2006. Two new species of Anabunda Emeljanov (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 1328: 39-50 [47] (Fletcher's Fungus Bug)

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