Species Candicarina pulchra Löcker & Larivière, 2006

Candicarina pulchra Löcker & Larivière

© Copyright Birgit Löcker.Orange Agricultural Institute

Museums

Regional Maps

• Candicarina pulchra Löcker, B. & Larivière, M.-C. in Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C., Gurr, G.M., Holzinger, W.E. & Löcker, H. 2006. Taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the Gelastocephalini (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20: 59-160 [90].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 38310 ♂ (coll: M. Fletcher & M. Moir, 10.xii.2000, ex Eucalyptus marginata in jarrah forest, 1996 regen. mine site), Jarrahdale, SE of Perth, Western Australia.

Introduction

A widespread species with beautifully marked wings. It is associated with dry inland regions. Specimens have been collected from Eucalyptus, Acacia and "a stand of mallows" but whether any of these are true hosts needs confirmation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

Diagnosis

Morphology Body length. ♂ 3.6–4.4 mm, ♀ 3.7–5.4 mm. Head. Median carina of vertex incomplete, less than 1/2 as long as vertex. Median carina of frons incomplete, ~1/3 as long as frons; lateral carinae s-shaped or convex. Thorax. Hind margin of pronotum right, obtusely or, more rarely, acutely angled. Forewing 3.0–3.5× longer than wide; costa with 11–18 tubercles; position of icu at CuP distad of or at same level as apex of clavus; 9–10 (eight, on one wing in one specimen) apical cells. Hind leg: tibia with 0–3 small lateral spines (without large lateral spines); 1st tarsomere with seven apical teeth and 0–1 platella; 2nd tarsomere with eight apical teeth and six platellae. Male genitalia. Aedeagus: phallotheca with a very long moderately curved spine arising left lateral above midlength; one spine at apex of flagellum. (Löcker et al. 2006)

ID Keys

Löcker et al. 2006: 90

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C., Gurr, G.M., Holzinger, W.E. & Löcker, H. 2006. Taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the Gelastocephalini (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20: 59-160 [90]

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