Species Bilbilis caligula Fennah, 1984
Compiler and date details
5 December 2017 - Murray J. Fletcher
19 April 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Bilbilis caligula 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 [82].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: 9.xii.1961, E.B. Britton), Calingeri, 65 miles N of Perth, Western Australia.
Introduction
A small pale reddish brown species originally described from a single male holotype from SW Western Australia. Gnezdilov (2017) add new records from Yanchep, north of Perth.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Pale reddish brown; a series of spots laterally on frons, a diffuse band submedially on each side of postclypeus, and a series of spots anteriorly on pronotum, dark reddish brown. Tegmina translucent, pale fawn, all veins bordered with minute reddish brown spots, a suffusion in basal third and a diffuse broad band at two-thirds from base reddish brown; costa and subcostal cell in basal half pallid. Vertex broader than long in middle (2.9 : 1) and at sides (about 2 : 1). Frons longer in middle line than broad (about 1.3 : 1), lateral margins weakly diverging to level of antennae, then shallowly incurving to frontoclypeal suture; disc tricarinate, with carinae almost parallel in basal two thirds. Rostrum attaining post-coxae with apical segment longer than broad (about 3 : 1). Male: length 3.4 mm; tegmen, 3.3 mm (Fennah 1984).
Fennah (1984) provides a detailed description and figures of the male genitalia.
Males – 3.7 mm, female – 4.2 mm. Metope with 6 pairs (two pits situated closely) of sensory pits besides each sublateral carina. Pronotum with two rows of sensory pits (Gnezdilov 2017).
ID Keys
Gnezdilov 2017: 8–9
Diagnosis 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 [82–83]
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 [18–19]
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) |