Species Fletcherobrachys stillata (Bergroth, 1907)

Fletcherobrachys stillata (Bergroth), adult male.

© Copyright J. Constant, RBINS, Belgium

Fletcherobrachys stillata (Bergroth), adult female

© Copyright J. Constant, RBINS, Belgium

Museums

Regional Maps

• Platybrachys stillata Bergroth, E., 1907. Zwei neue Fulgoriden. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 26: 289-291 [289].

  Type data:

   Neotype ANIC ♂ (coll: 30.iii.1971, E.F. Riek), 23 km WSW of Barradale, Western Australia [22°56'S 114°45'E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Constant, J. 2006. Revision of the Eurybrachidae (VII). The Australian genera Hackerobrachys and Fletcherobrachys (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Eurybrachidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 76: 31-40 [38].
• Olonia nigroapicata Jacobi, A. 1928. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. Rhynchota, Homoptera. 1. Fulgoridae und Cercopidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 19A(28): 1-50 [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♂ (holotype by monotypy), Kimberley district, Western Australia
  Comment: Constant (2006) designated a lectotype female but the original description by Jacobi (1928) indicated that there was a holotype male by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Constant, J. 2006. Revision of the Eurybrachidae (VII). The Australian genera Hackerobrachys and Fletcherobrachys (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Eurybrachidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 76: 31-40 [38]

Generic Combinations

• Fletcherobrachys stillata (Bergroth, 1907). —
  Constant, J. 2006. Revision of the Eurybrachidae (VII). The Australian genera Hackerobrachys and Fletcherobrachys (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Eurybrachidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 76: 31-40 [38]

Introduction

The only known species of Fletcherobrachys is associated with arid and semi-arid areas of Western Australia and the Northern Territory. One female is recorded from a locality described as Everard Ranges (SA) to Warburton Range (WA) so the species may also occur in South Australia.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Only species of the genus, immediately recognized among all Australian Eurybrachidae by the colour of hind wings (base red, rest white bordered with black) and of the tegmina (blackish covered with small paler spots). (Constant 2006)

Diagnosis References

Constant, J. 2006. Revision of the Eurybrachidae (VII). The Australian genera Hackerobrachys and Fletcherobrachys (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Eurybrachidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 76: 31-40 [38]

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