Species Birrima castanea (Goding & Froggatt, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melampsalta castanea Goding, F.W. & Froggatt, W.W. 1904. Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29(3): 561-670, pls xviii, xix [637].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV ♂, NSW; SAMA 1♀, NSW.
• Birrima montrouzieri Distant, W.L. 1906. Some undescribed species of Cicadidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 17: 384-389 [388].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, NSW; NHRM ♂, Sydney, NSW.
• Melampsalta fulva Goding, F.W. & Froggatt, W.W. 1904. Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29(3): 561-670, pls xviii, xix [648].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀, NSW.
• Melampsalta flava Goding, F.W. & Froggatt, W.W. 1904. Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29(3): 561-670, pls xviii, xix.

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♀, Adelaide, SA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Moulds, M.S. 2012. A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa 3287: 1-262 [74]

Generic Combinations

• Birrima castanea (Goding & Froggatt, 1904). —
  Burns, A.N. 1957. Checklist of Australian Cicadidae. Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey 8(2): 609-678 [667]
• Cicadetta castanea (Goding & Froggatt, 1904). —
  Metcalf, Z.P. 1963. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fasc. 8. Cicadoidea, in two parts. Raleigh : University of North Carolina State College 1411 pp. [300]
• Cicadetta fulva (Goding & Froggatt, 1904). —
  Metcalf, Z.P. 1963. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fasc. 8. Cicadoidea, in two parts. Raleigh : University of North Carolina State College 1411 pp. [314]
• Cicadetta montrouzieri (Distant, 1906). —
  Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [16]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Eucalyptus trees, tall open forest.

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