Species Austrimonus bidentatus Fletcher and Dai, 2018
Austrimonus bidentatus Fletcher and Dai, holotype male
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Species Austrimonus bidentatus Fletcher and Dai, 2018
Compiler and date details
28 February 2018 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Austrimonus bidentatus Fletcher, M.J. and Dai, W. 2018. A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387(2): 310–330 [323].Zoobank Registration Number:F852F7C8-FBCF-4095-9874-DCED03F9120A
Type data:
Holotype QM T207234 ♂ (coll: 2.xi.1975, I.D. Galloway, D-vac), 2 km W of Winton, Queensland.
Introduction
This dark coloured species is only known from the holotype male collected in western Queensland. This is not an area which has been well surveyed for leafhoppers and it is unknown whether the species is widely distributed in the drier areas of the state.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head and thorax pale testaceous with faint brown markings. Tegmen whitish translucent with scattered brown speckling becoming darker towards apex. Genitalia. Male: Subgenital plate triangular with apices broken off in only known specimen. Paramere with preapical lobe well developed, angular, apical lobe elongate, apically acute, angled laterally in apical portion. Connective long with stem longer than arms. Aedeagus, in posterior view, with shafts elongate, divergent, straight with lateral triangular expansion below gonopore and shaft continuing beyond gonopore with second lateral triangular process before apex; in lateral view, shafts narrow throughout, evenly curved from base to apex, with triangular lateral processes extending posteriorly and apical process recurved strongly before acute apex. Basal apodeme, swollen above base before tapering to blunt apex, extended vertically, almost half length of shafts. Female: unknown.(Fletcher and Dai 2018).
ID Keys
Fletcher and Dai 2018: 311–312
Diagnosis References
Fletcher, M.J. and Dai, W. 2018. A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387(2): 310–330 [323]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opsiini Emeljanov, 1962 | 28-Feb-2018 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |