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Species Leptolamia kulija Löcker, 2014

<i>Leptolamia kulija</i> Löcker, adult male

Leptolamia kulija Löcker, adult male

© Copyright Birgit Löcker, Orange Agricultural Institute

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Species Leptolamia kulija Löcker, 2014


Compiler and date details

16 May 2014 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This pale brown species occurs from the Blue Mountains in New South Wales to SE Queensland. The name is an Aboriginal term which means ‘penguin’ and refers to the shape of the aedeagus in ventral and left lateral view which is remarkably penguin-like.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore.

 

Diagnosis

Colour. Vertex light brown, disc sometimes darker. Face mid or dark brown, carinae paler; sometimes disc of frons near apical carina paler. Pronotum light brown; mesonotum light, mid or dark brown, sometimes with darker or paler areas, carinae sometimes paler. Forewing hyaline light brown with some darker marks along crossveins and along veins near apex of forewing; veins and tubercles concolorous with cells (rarely tubercles slightly darker than veins); pterostigma basally whitish, apically darker. Legs light brown, sometimes darker towards coxae. Abdominal sternites dark brown. Morphology. Body length: ♂ 4.5–4.9 mm. Head: Vertex 1.8–2.4× wider than long; at level of basal emargination 1.1–1.3× wider than at subapical carina; apical and subapical carina v-shaped; median carina of vertex absent, incomplete or complete; basal compartment of vertex 1.1–2.5× longer than apical compartment. Frons 1.2–1.5× longer than wide; frons just not visible or only just visible in dorsal view. Position of maximum width of frons more or less around centre of frontoclypeal suture or distinctly distad of frontoclypeal suture. Frontoclypeal suture slightly semicircular, bent upwards, median part not reaching lower margin of antennal scape. Rostrum surpassing hind coxae; apical segment of rostrum almost as long as subapical segment. Thorax: Pronotum moderately to distinctly wider than head (including eyes). Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Forewing 3.0–3.3× longer than wide; forewing with weakly to welldeveloped basal emargination; costa with about 27–36 tubercles, tubercles concolorous with veins; Sc+R+M near basal cell fused, forming a short or long 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 at same level or basad of r-m; position of icu at CuA at same level as apex of clavus; position of icu at CuP more or less at same level or slightly distant of apex of clavus; RP apically bifid or trifid; MA apically trifid or quadrifid; additional subapical cell between branches of MA absent; nodus of y-vein slightly basad of centre of clavus; vein delimiting subapical cell C4 distinctly distad of vein delimiting C5; 10 apical cells. Hind leg: 1st tarsomere with 6 apical teeth; 2nd tarsomere with 6 (rarely 5) apical teeth. Male genitalia: Anal tube symmetrical in dorsal and caudal view; lateral lobe subrectangular (widening towards apex) in lateral view. Ventromedian process of pygofer triangular, margin slightly darkened dorsally. Aedeagus: Phallotheca apically with a well-sclerotised spine with a very large round base. Flagellum sclerotised with three spines apically (Löcker 2014).

 

ID Keys

Löcker 2014: 2–3

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
CIXIIDAE Spinola, 1839 16-May-2014 ADDED Dr Murray Fletcher