Genus Crito Distant, 1916

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Regional Maps

• Crito Distant, W.L. 1916. Rhynchotal Notes. lx. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(18): 19-44 [43].

  Type species:

   Crito festivus Distant, 1916 by monotypy.

 

Introduction

This genus has been misidentified by most subsequent authors, mainly because Distant's (1916) original description was accurate but non-discriminating. Day (1999) established the identity of the genus and clarified its distribution which is restricted to the wet tropics of North Queensland.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

PNG record doubtful (Day 1999).

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Pronotum roundly gibbous before scutellum, the lateral processes short, acute, more prominent when viewed from the front than from behind, where they appear to be shorter and less acute; posterior process resting on scutellum at base, beyond middle (where it is sinuate) attenuated, impinging on tegminal margin, but not reaching tegminal apex; tegmina about twice as long as broad, five apical areas, preceded by two discoidal areas; face somewhat short, ocelli almost in line with upper margins of eyes, from which they are scarcely farther apart than from each other (Distant 1916).

Dimorphic, small, dark species. Clypeus broad. Hind tibia long. Cross vein m–cu1 present, m–cu2 absent. Median pronotal process sinuate. Lateral pronotal processes short, horizontal. Tegmen hyaline, brown (Day 1999).

Day (1999) provided a comprehensive redescription of the genus.

 

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J. and Day M. F. (2005) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the Family Membracidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Membracidae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/membracid/membrac00.htm [accessed: 7.iv.2012]

 

Diagnosis References

Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [662–664]

Distant, W.L. 1916. Rhynchotal Notes. lx. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(18): 19-44 [43]

 

General References

Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [662–664]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-May-2012		16-May-2012	MODIFIED
26-Apr-2012		26-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)