Species Diemoides storeyi Fletcher, 2017
Diemoides storeyi Fletcher, holotype
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Species Diemoides storeyi Fletcher, 2017
Ross Storey's Leafhopper
Compiler and date details
11 April 2017 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Diemoides storeyi 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:7B3046D0-90AC-4895-BE41- 25F7976168C1
Type data:
Holotype QMBA T234778, ♂ (coll: Storey & Halfpapp, 20.iii–10.iv.1985, malaise trap), 7.5 km NNW Kuranda, Queensland.
Introduction
This attractive species is only known from the holotype collected in the Wet Tropics of North Queensland. The species was named in honour of the late Dr Ross Storey of QDPI, Mareeba, who collected numerous specimens of Diemoides including specimens of four new species.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species forms a group with D. chevron Fletcher, D. sagittatus Fletcher and D. linnavuorii Fletcher in which the subgenital plate extends posteriorly to form an elongate apical process and with macrosetae limited to a small number on margin near the base. In addition, the parameres have a poorly developed preapical lobe and an apical process which is distinctly bent rather than curved laterally. This species also exhibits a chevron shaped reddish marking dorsally similar to those found in D. chevron and >i>D. sagittatus although it is not as distinct as in those species. All four species also have a pair of elongate linear lateral aedeagal processes although in D. storeyi and D. chevron these are mounted near the base of the shaft while in D. sagittatus and D. linnavuorii they are mounted laterally on the shaft above the base (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 |