Species Batracomorphus sarpedon Knight, 1983
Compiler and date details
13 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Batracomorphus sarpedon Knight, W.J. 1983. The leafhopper genus Batracomorphus (Cicadellidae) in the eastern Oriental and Australian Regions. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 47(2): 27-210 [62].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: 3.xi.1962, M.I. Nikitin), Cabramatta, Georges River valley, New South Wales.
Introduction
This species was described from the Sydney basin of New South Wales by Knight (1983) who noted that 22 paratypes were in BMNH although he provided no details of their localities within New South Wales.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder (associated flora: Acacia decurrens Willd. [FABACEAE] Black Wattle; Pultenaea villosa Willd. [FABACEAE] Hairy Bush-Pea; Hakea sericea Schrader & Wendland [PROTEACEAE]).
Diagnosis
Forewings with widely spaced small dark brown spots, sometimes extending onto posterolateral corners of pronotum. Vertex flat. Male pygophore processes slender, directed posteriorly, curving slightly dorsoposteriorly distally to variable degree, apex acute. Styles with apical process expanded over distal half, tapering abruptly to narrow apical portion and terminating in acute, dorsally hooked apex. Aedeagus simple; shaft directed dorsally, curving slightly anteriorly; gonopore extending to just basad of midlength; anterior incision extending to just basad of gonopore. Length ♂ 4.56–5.04 mm (Knight 1983).
ID Keys
Knight 1983: 37–50
Diagnosis References
Knight, W.J. 1983. The leafhopper genus Batracomorphus (Cicadellidae) in the eastern Oriental and Australian Regions. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 47(2): 27-210 [62]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2023 | MEMBRACOIDEA | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-May-2022 | CICADOMORPHA | 24-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 02-Jun-2021 | AUCHENORRHYNCHA | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | CICADELLIDAE Latreille, 1825 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Murray Fletcher |
| 05-Dec-2019 | Iassinae Amyot & Serville, 1843 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Murray Fletcher |
| 05-Dec-2019 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED |