Species Diemoides anomalus Fletcher, 2017
Diemoides anomalus Fletcher, adult
© Copyright Murray J. Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute
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Species Diemoides anomalus Fletcher, 2017
Compiler and date details
10 April 2017 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Diemoides anomalus Fletcher, M.J. 2017. Revision of the genus Diemoides Evans with description of eight new species (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Entomologica Americana 122(3): 311–325 [Dated 2016 but published April 2017] [323].Zoobank Registration Number:39977428-965E-4D07-AA87-235BF53DD153
Type data:
Holotype ASCU ASCTHE005342 ♂ (coll: G. Williams, 1–8.ii.1987, rainforest margin, malaise trap Sample 5), Lorien Reef, 3 km N of Lansdowne, nr Taree.
Introduction
Despite being well represented in collections from a wide range of localties along the eastern seaboard of Australia from Torres Strait to Tasmania, this species remained unnamed until 2017. It differs from other species in the genus in its drab brown colouring lacking distincctive markings.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species can be differentiated from other species of the genus by its plain brown coloring and by having the arms of the male connective longer than the connective stem. The unusual structure of the aedeagus is also diagnostic (Fletcher 2017).
ID Keys
Fletcher 2017: 313–314
Diagnosis References
Fletcher, M.J. 2017. Revision of the genus Diemoides Evans with description of eight new species (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Entomologica Americana 122(3): 311–325 [Dated 2016 but published April 2017] [323]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deltocephalinae Dallas, 1870 | 10-Apr-2017 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |