Species Lydda australis (Distant, 1907)
Compiler and date details
26 August 2013 - Murray J. Fletcher
20 January 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Phenice australis Distant, W.L. 1907. Rhynchotal Notes. xlii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 19: 395-416 [397].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH female (coll.: F.P. Dodd), Queensland.Subsequent designation references:
Van Stalle, J. 1992. Redeflnition and revision of Lydda Westwood, 1840 with taxonomic notes on Diostrombus Uhler, 1896 (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea, Derbidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 23(2): 185–213 [205].
Generic Combinations
- Proutista australis (Distant, 1907). —
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [174] - Lydda australis (Distant, 1907). —
Van Stalle, J. 1992. Redeflnition and revision of Lydda Westwood, 1840 with taxonomic notes on Diostrombus Uhler, 1896 (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea, Derbidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 23(2): 185–213 [205]
Introduction
Distant (1907) described this species simply from Queensland but the material was collected by F.P. Dodd who did most of his collecting in the wet tropics of North Queensland (Monteith 1991) and it is probable that the material was collected in that region. The species was also listed from India and Sri Lanka in an obscure German language Handbook of Plant Diseases in 1913 but this distribution is almost certainly incorrect. Van Stalle (1992) only listed the lectotype from Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Extra Ecological Information
Nymph may be fungal feeder
Diagnosis
Head and pronotum dark chocolate-brown, the carinations greyish white; metanotum and scutellum greyish white; abdomen above black, with a central longitudinal greyish-white ridge; head and sternum beneath dark chocolate-brown; abdomen beneath black; legs stramineous; tegmina black, a large claval spot extending upward, but not reaching radial vein, a large irregular spot beyond middle extending from radial vein to inner margin, a series of spots to costal area, becoming duplicated near apex, and apical marginal spots greyish white, in the large pale spot beyond middle, but not in the claval spot, the veins are black; wings piceous brown, posterior margin broadly greyish white divided by piceous veins. Long., excl. tegm., 3 mm; exp. tegm. 17 mm (Distant 1907).
This species can easily be distinguished from other Australian species by the shape of the female genitalia which are characterized by the presence of three processes at the apex of the pregenital sternite (Van Stalle 1992).
ID Keys
Van Stalle 1992: 189–192
Diagnosis References
Distant, W.L. 1907. Rhynchotal Notes. xlii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 19: 395-416 [397]
Van Stalle, J. 1992. Redeflnition and revision of Lydda Westwood, 1840 with taxonomic notes on Diostrombus Uhler, 1896 (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea, Derbidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 23(2): 185–213 [205]
General References
Monteith, G.B. 1991. The Butterfly Man of Kuranda, Frederick Parkhurst Dodd. South Brisbane : Queensland Museum 1, 34 pp. [ISBN 0 7242 4481 6]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 | DERBIDAE Spinola, 1839 | 26-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Murray Fletcher |
| 28-Jan-2011 | 28-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |