Genus Dipsiathus Emeljanov, 2005

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• Dipsiathus Emeljanov, A.F. 2005. New genera and species of the Family Achilidae (Homoptera). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 84 1: 10-45 [22].

  Type species:

   Dipsiathus obscurifrons Emeljanov, 2005 by original designation.

Introduction

This is one of five new Australian genera described by Emeljanov (2005) in Russian. Two species were placed in the genus by Emeljanov, one from New South Wales and the other extending from New South Wales to northern Tasmania.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS) ; NSW: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Diagnosis

Brown with hyaline and brown forewings. Vertex almost as long as wide. Pronotum lacking lateral areolets. Tegmen with well defined pterostigma of reticulate veins. Similar in general appearance to Parabunda but lacking the lateral areolets on the pronotum found in Parabunda which also has a less well defined reticulate pterostigma.

ID Keys

Moir, M.L. and Fletcher, M.J. (2005). Illustrated key to the genera of the tribe Achilini found in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Achilidae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/achilidae/achili00.htm

General References

Emeljanov, A.F. 2005. New genera and species of the Family Achilidae (Homoptera). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 84 1: 10-45 [22]

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