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<i>Euryaulax callitettigoides</i> Kirkaldy = <i>Euryaulax carnifex</i> (Fabricius), type species of <i>Euryaulax</i> Kirkaldy.

Euryaulax callitettigoides Kirkaldy = Euryaulax carnifex (Fabricius), type species of Euryaulax Kirkaldy.

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Genus Euryaulax Kirkaldy, 1906


Compiler and date details

16 April 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher

25 May 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

Evans (1966) failed to recognise Lallemand's (1949) synonymy of Eoscarta as defined by Distant (1908) with Euryaulax and listed the species in Eoscarta. Liang (1996) redefined Eoscarta in Asia and excluded the Australian species from the genus. Liang & Fletcher (2002) reverted to Lallemand's recognition of Euryaulax for the Australian species and formally excluded Eoscarta Breddin from the Australian fauna. The genus was subsequently revised by Liang et al. (2012) who recognised 12 species, five of which are endemic to northern Australia, with the type species found across the top end but shared with Papua New Guinea. The other six species are endemic to Papua New Guinea.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Vertex declivous, flat, longitudinally sulcate exterior to the ocelli, the sulci being parallel and the space between being about equal to that between a sulcus and the nearest eye; the middle lobe is divided by a transverse sulcus into two parts, the anterior being about half the length of the posterior (it is possible that this middle lobe of the vertex is really a dorsal part of the frons). The vertex is also narrowly, transversely impressed close to the posterior margin. The entire anterior (dorsal) margin of the head is strongly, acutely, carinate. The frons is pitted at its base and is strongly swollen, transversely striate, somewhat deeply and widely longitudinally impressed for at least two thirds of its length, the sides of the impression forming slight but noticeable keels. Pronotum with two submedian lachriform impressions near the anterior margin; posterior lobe obsolescently sulcate longitudinally. Scutellum also medially impressed. The characters of venation, etc, are much those of Tomaspis Am. Serv. Legs normal. Antennae reaching laterally to about the interolateral margins of the eyes (Kirkaldy 1906).

 

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J. (2001) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the Cercopidae: Cercopinae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/cercopid/cercopid/cerc00.htm [accessed: 16.iv.2012]

 

Misidentification

— as Eoscarta Breddin, 1902, Distant, W.L. 1908. On some Australian Homoptera. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 52: 97–111 [97].

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-Apr-2012 20-Apr-2012 MODIFIED
30-May-2010 30-May-2010 ADDED
26-Jul-2010 25-May-2010 MODIFIED
24-Mar-2010 MODIFIED