Species Kirkaldybrachys similis Constant, 2006

Kirkaldybrachys similis Constant, adult, dorsal view

© Copyright J. Constant, RBINS, Belgium

Kirkaldybrachys similis Constant, face

© Copyright J. Constant, RBINS, Belgium

Museums

Regional Maps

• Kirkaldybrachys similis Constant, J. 2006. Revision of the Eurybrachidae (V). Description of the new Australian genus Kirkaldybrachys Constant, 2006 n.g. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Eurybrachidae). Bulletin de la Société Royale d'Entomologie de Belgique 142: 47-54 [52].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll: I.D. Naumann & J.C. Cardale, 17.v.1983, ex ethanol), Walsh Point, Western Australia [14°34'S 125°51'E].

Introduction

Another smallish brown species of eurybrachid planthopper. Like its congener, this species is restricted to the northern tropical coastline of Western Australia and the Northern Territory although it has been recorded more commonly in Western Australia while K. euronotoides has more records from the Northern Territory.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

The species can be differentiated by the fusion of the gonostyli over the basal four fifths of their length. Females can only be identified if they are associated with males.

ID Keys

Constant (2006: 54)

Diagnosis References

Constant, J. 2006. Revision of the Eurybrachidae (V). Description of the new Australian genus Kirkaldybrachys Constant, 2006 n.g. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Eurybrachidae). Bulletin de la Société Royale d'Entomologie de Belgique 142: 47-54 [53]

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