Species Calamister obscurus Kirkaldy, 1906
Calamister obscurus Kirkaldy, adult.
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Species Calamister obscurus Kirkaldy, 1906
Compiler and date details
23 October 2014 - Murray J. Fletcher
30 August 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Calamister obscurus Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [403].
Type data:
Lectotype BPBM ♂ (coll.: ix-xii.1904), Bundaberg, Queensland.Subsequent designation references:
Löcker, B. 2014. Taxonomic revision of Calamister Kirkaldy, 1906 (Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3878(1): 89–96 [91].
Introduction
The identity of this species was established by Löcker (2014) who redescribed it and also recorded it from the Port Macquarie region of New South Wales, the only record of the genus outside Southeast Queensland. Little is known of its biology although two females have been collected by beating understorey plants in a coastal blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) forest.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Extra Ecological Information
Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.
Diagnosis
Testaceous, vertex a little darker. Tegminal veins pale brownish, lightly granulate, slightly piliferous. Length 5 mm. (Kirkaldy 1906).
This species can be distinguished from C. cougalensis by its coloration which is entirely yellow with hyaline forewings and a whitish or yellowish pterostigma. Further the phallotheca bears two spines ventrally to right-laterally, about equal in length (Löcker 2014).
ID Keys
Löcker 2014: 91
Diagnosis References
Löcker, B. 2014. Taxonomic revision of Calamister Kirkaldy, 1906 (Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3878(1): 89–96 [91]
General References
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [Plate XXXII, fig. 6–7]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2014 | CIXIIDAE Spinola, 1839 | 23-Oct-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Murray Fletcher |
| 13-Oct-2010 | 13-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |