Species Diemoides sueshephardae Fletcher, 2017
Diemoides sueshephardae Fletcher, adult
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Species Diemoides sueshephardae Fletcher, 2017
Sue Shephard's Leafhopper
Compiler and date details
11 April 2017 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Diemoides sueshephardae 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] [319].Zoobank Registration Number:750ACF98-CC89-4CDB-AF3BAA8C961EDA5F
Type data:
Holotype QMBA T234776, ♂ (coll: G. Daniels, M.A. Schneider, 8.xii.1986, malaise), West Claudie River, 4 km SW road junction, Queensland [12º44'S 143º15'E].
Introduction
This beautiful leafhopper is distributed from near Cooktown in the Wet Tropics of North Queensland across Cape York Peninsula. The species was named in honor of Sue Shephard of Artemis Station, Cape York Peninsula, in recognition of the work she has done to help protect the endangered Golden Shouldered Parrot, Psephotus chrysopterygius Gould.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species has some similarity to D. brunneus Fletcher which also has a flat plate-like extension at the apex of the aedeagal shaft although D. sueshephardae lacks the internal lobes of the pygofer found in D. brunneus. Both species also have a subgenital plate with a long marginal row of macrosetae with a second row on the inner margins near the apex and a paramere with well developed preapical lobe and evenly curved apical process (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] [319]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deltocephalinae Dallas, 1870 | 10-Apr-2017 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |