Genus Bilbilis Stål, 1861
Compiler and date details
5 December 2017 - Murray J. Fletcher
19 April 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Bilbilis Stål, C. 1861. Nova methodus familiae quasdam Hemipterorum disponendi. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 18: 195-212 [208].
Type species:
Hysteropterum modestum Stål, 1859 by original designation.
Introduction
This genus was provisionally placed in the tribe Mithymnini by Gnezdilov (2007) on the basis of the structure of the aedeagus as illustrated by Fennah (1984) but Gnezdilov (2017) moved the genus to its own tribe the Bilbiliini. The genus is endemic to Australia with one species from New South Wales and "North Australia", two from Western Australia and another from "New Holland".
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Sydney Basin (SB) ; WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Diagnosis
Face subquadrate or elongate, lateral margins rightangled or slightly rounded; vertex transverse, anteriorly truncate, not extended anterior to the eyes; frons subperpendicular, subquadrate; hind margin of thorax laterally sinuate; tegmen deflexed, laterally concealing the body, transparent, claval suture distinct; hindwings absent or rudimentary; hind tibiae with two spines (Stål 1861, translated from Latin).
Metope bearing sensory pits, with median and sublateral carinae not joined on its upper margin, but far separated from each other. Coryphe short at midline and wide. Pronotum bearing sensory pits, with strongly convex (protruding between the eyes) anterior margin; posterior margin strongly concave. Paradiscal fields relatively wide. Paranotal lobes large and long, with trough-curved lower margin. Aedeagus wih pair of long ventral hooks. Apical aedeagal processes bilobed apically. Style with long and narrow capitulum, without teeth (Gnezdilov 2017).
ID Keys
Gnezdilov 2017: 3–6 [Key to subfamilies and tribes of Nogodinidae: Bilbiliini is monotypic]
Diagnosis References
Gnezdilov, V.M. 2017. Notes on higher classification of the family Nogodinidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) with description of new tribe and new species. Far Eastern Entomologist 347: 1–21 [8]
Stål, C. 1861. Nova methodus familiae quasdam Hemipterorum disponendi. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 18: 195-212 [207–208]
General References
Fennah, R.G. 1984. Revisionary notes on the classification of the Nogodinidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea), with descriptions of a new genus and a new species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 120: 81-86
Gnezdilov, V.M. 2007. On the systematic positions of the Bladinini Kirkaldy, Tonginae Kirkaldy and Trienopinae Fennah (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Zoosystematica Rossica 15: 293–297 [295]
Gnezdilov, V.M. 2017. Notes on higher classification of the family Nogodinidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) with description of new tribe and new species. Far Eastern Entomologist 347: 1–21 [8]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2017 | NOGODINIDAE Melichar, 1898 | 05-Dec-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Murray Fletcher |
| 04-May-2011 | 04-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |