Genus Kallitambinia Muir, 1931

Kallitambinia australis Muir, type species of Kallitambinia Muir.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Kallitambinia Muir, F. 1931. Descriptions and records of Fulgoroidea from Australia and the South Pacific Islands. No 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(2): 63-83 [74].

  Type species:

   Kallitambinia australis Muir, 1931 by original designation.

Introduction

This monotypic genus is restricted to the eastern coastline of Australia from SE Queensland to the Sydney region of New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Diagnosis

The corium and clavus are thicker than the membrane and the cells are granulated. Length of vertex 1.3 the width, subconical in outline; median carina distinct. Frons much longer than wide, gradually increasing in width till antennae, then decreasing, sides slightly sinuous. Clypeus without carinae. Pro- and mesonota as in Tambinia, the former deeply angularly emarginate and the latter about as long as wide (Muir 1931).

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J. (2001) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the family Tropiduchidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/tropid/tropid00.htm

Diagnosis References

Muir, F. 1931. Descriptions and records of Fulgoroidea from Australia and the South Pacific Islands. No 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(2): 63-83 [74]

History of changes