Species Birdantis goemansi Constant, 2011

Birdantis goemansi Constant, adult.

© Copyright J. Constant, RBINS, Belgium.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Birdantis goemansi Constant, J. 2011. The genus Birdantis Stål in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae). Zootaxa 2885: 44–54 [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll: 7.vii.1986, J.C. Cardale, at MV light), 8 km E by N of Mt Tozer, Queensland [12°44'S 143°17'E].

Introduction

This species is based on three male specimens from Cape York Peninsula in far North Queensland. The name was "dedicated to my friend Geert Goemans who works on Neotropical lanternflies" (Constant 2011).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

This species can be differentiated from other Australian species of the genus by the pale blue base of the hind wings. The frons is uniform green in colour.

ID Keys

Constant 2011: 45

Diagnosis References

Constant, J. 2011. The genus Birdantis Stål in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae). Zootaxa 2885: 44–54 [48–49]

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