Species Desudaboides fletcheri Constant, 2010

Desudaboides fletcheri Constant, adult

© Copyright Jerome Constant, RBINS, Belgium

Museums

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• Desudaboides fletcheri Constant, J. 2010. Review of the Australian genus Desudaboides Musgrave with descriptions of four new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae). Zootaxa (2351): 39–48 [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype ASCU MJF003192 ♂ (coll: 10.iii.1964, I. Bathgate, at light), East Ballina, New South Wales [28°52'S 153°35'E].

Introduction

This species is represented by the single male holotype collected in the NE corner of New South Wales at light. The species was "dedicated to my friend, Dr Murray J. Fletcher who sent the only known specimen for study and always kindly supported the work of the author" (Constant 2010).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

The species is immediately recognized by the following combination of characters: (1) frons pale yellow-brown with 2 small black spots at base of disc, (2) hind wings without red or orange, (3) abdominal tergites 5 to 8 red, (4) size less than 24 mm (Constant 2010)

ID Keys

Constant 2010: 40

Diagnosis References

Constant, J. 2010. Review of the Australian genus Desudaboides Musgrave with descriptions of four new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae). Zootaxa (2351): 39–48 [43]

History of changes