Species Leptolamia conicula Löcker, 2014

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• Leptolamia conicula Löcker, B. 2014. Shedding light on Jacobi's types whilst discovering new species: a taxonomic revision of Leptolamia Metcalf, 1936 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Austral Entomology 53: 391–423 [Article first published online: 14 APR 2014] [400].
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  Type data:

   Holotype ASCU ASCTHE007010 ♂ (coll: M.J. Fletcher & V.T. Glover, 19.i.2000)), 6 km SE Wauchope, New South Wales.

 

Introduction

This is one of two species of the genus with distinctive dark granules on the veins of the tegmen contrasting with the pale colour in the cells. It is known from the mid North Coast of New South Wales with a single female recorded from near Narrabi in the South Brigalow bioregion.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore

 

Diagnosis

Colour. Vertex light brown, disc sometimes slightly darker. Frons dark brown, carinae (i.e. lateral carinae) paler. Clypeus including carinae dark brown. Pronotum light brown; mesonotum mid or dark brown, carinae paler. Forewing hyaline, whitish near base, brown areas or marks near apex; sometimes with brown marks along crossveins; veins concolorous with cells; tubercles dark, distinctly contrasted to paler coloured veins; pterostigma and apical margin of forewing whitish. Legs whitish, slightly darker towards coxae. Abdominal sternites mid or dark brown, apical margin yellow or orange. Morphology. Body length: ♂ 3.8–4.3 mm, ♀ 4.6–4.9 mm. Head: Vertex 1.8–2.2× wider than long; at level of basal emargination 1.0–1.1× as wide as at subapical carina; apical carina v-shaped, subapical carina u- to v-shaped; median carina of vertex absent; basal compartment 1.2–2.7× longer than apical compartment. Frons 1.1–1.3× longer than wide; frons not visible in dorsal view. Position of maximum width of frons more or less around centre of frontoclypeal suture. Frontoclypeal suture slightly semicircular, bent upwards, median part not reaching lower margin of antennal scape. Median carina of frons and clypeus sharp, blade-like. Rostrum slightly surpassing hind coxae; apical segment of rostrum almost as long as subapical segment. Thorax: Pronotum about same width or slightly wider than head (including eyes). Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled or rectangular. Forewing 3.2–3.9× longer than wide; forewing with weakly to well developed basal emargination; costa with about 19–21 tubercles, tubercles dark, distinctly in contrast to lighter veins; Sc+R+M near basal cell fused, forming a long (more than half of length of basal cell) common stem Sc+R+M; fork of ScRA+RP distinctly basad of fork CuA1+CuA2; position of r-m distad of fork MA+MP; transverse veinlet M3+4 to Cu1a inserting at M3+4 basad of r-m; position of icu at CuA at same level or distad of apex of clavus; position of icu at CuP more or less at same level or distant of apex of clavus; RP apically trifid; MA apically bifid; additional subapical cell between branches of MA absent; nodus of y-vein slightly basad of centre of clavus; vein delimiting subapical cell C4 slightly to distinctly distad of vein delimiting C5; 9 apical cells. Hind leg: 1st tarsomere with 6 apical teeth; 2nd tarsomere with 6 (rarely 7) apical teeth. Male genitalia: Anal tube symmetrical in dorsal and caudal view; lateral lobe rectangular in lateral view. Ventromedian process of pygofer triangular, margin darkened. Aedeagus: Phallotheca ventrally with very long spine (a) performing an almost 180° bend
before bending 90° towards the base of phallotheca; and a less sclerotised, bifurcate spine (b); apically with a long, transparent, conical process. Flagellum unarmed (Löcker 2014).

 

ID Keys

Löcker 2014: 2–3

 

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B. 2014. Shedding light on Jacobi's types whilst discovering new species: a taxonomic revision of Leptolamia Metcalf, 1936 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Austral Entomology 53: 391–423 [Article first published online: 14 APR 2014] [401–404]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	CIXIIDAE Spinola, 1839	16-May-2014	ADDED	Dr Murray Fletcher