Genus Gelastodelphax Kirkaldy, 1906
Compiler and date details
21 December 2015 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Gelastodelphax Kirkaldy, 1906.
Type species:
Gelastodelphax histrionicus Kirkaldy, 1906 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [411]
Introduction
This genus was synonymised with Eumetopina Breddin by Fennah (1965) but Bellis and Donaldson (2015) established that this was based on a misidentification of the type species by Fennah and reinstated Gelastodelphax. The genus is monotypic and endemic to Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Diagnosis
Head about as wide as pronotum, vertex longer than wide at base and longer than pronotum, fastigium rounded, weakly carinate. Frons at least twice as long as width at widest point, median carina weak, forking at base of frons and with arms converging basad of fork. Male genitalia with single median process present on anal segment, diaphragm sclerotised but lacking armature; suspensorium not Y-shaped. Pygophore with multiple medioventral processes. Aedeagus laterally compressed, bifurcate dorsally, with reflexed tag process dorsally near apex (Bellis & Donaldson 2015).
Diagnosis References
Bellis, G.A. & Donaldson, J.F. 2015. Reassessment of some of Kirkaldy's Australian species of Delphacini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae). Austral Entomology 1-13 [First published on line 17 December 2015 with pagination 1–13. Print version published August 2016, vol 55(3), 247-260] [2]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delphacini Lambertie, 1901 | 21-Dec-2015 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |