Species Barbonia spectabilis Löcker & Larivière, 2006

Barbonia spectabilis Löcker & Larivière

© Copyright Birgit Löcker, Orange Agricultural Institute

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• Barbonia spectabilis Löcker, B. & Larivière, M.-C. in Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C., Gurr, G.M., Holzinger, W.E. & Löcker, H. 2006. Taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the Gelastocephalini (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20: 59-160 [88].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T123593 ♂ (coll: B. Cantrell, 22.viii.1965; originally from QDPI), Tibrogargon Creek, via Glasshouse, SE Queensland.

Introduction

This is a beautifully marked species based on three specimens from SE Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

Diagnosis

Colour Vertex yellow, central part mid brown, brown mark on each side close to caudal border, median carina yellow, lateral carinae yellow to brown; face dark brown with pale yellow carinae; pronotum yellow with brown parts anterior of carinae; mesonotum dark brown, carinae and hind border orange; legs yellow to brown; forewing hyaline white with light brown and mid brown areas, sometimes dark stripes along apical veins; veins light brown, tubercles dark brown; abdominal sternites dark brown, occasionally mid brown, intersegmental membranes orange, occasionally pale yellowish. Morphology Body length. ♂ 4.5–5.2 mm. Male genitalia. Aedeagus: phallotheca ventrally with a large sheet-like ridge bearing short, slightly curved spine; flagellum with apical spine.
Remarks The shape of the genital styles (see Löcker et al. 2006, Figure 51E, F) and the large sheet-like ridge bearing a short, slightly curved spine are diagnostic for this species. (Löcker et al. 2006)

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C., Gurr, G.M., Holzinger, W.E. & Löcker, H. 2006. Taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the Gelastocephalini (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20: 59-160 [88]

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