Species Lydda cornuta Van Stalle, 1992
Compiler and date details
26 August 2013 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Lydda cornuta 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 [209].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM ♂ (coll: J.L. & M. Gressitt, 18.iii.1961, 5m), Maningrida, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.
Introduction
This dark brown species is only known from Maningrida in the Northern Territory.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Extra Ecological Information
Nymph may be fungal feeder
Diagnosis
L. cornuta is a dark brown species with short male genitalia and therefore somewhat ressembling L. gemina [New Guinea] and L. koebelei [Queensland]. It can be distinguished from these species by the combination of the following characters: medioventral process on pygofer lacking and dorsolateral margin triangular; aedeagus with three long spines (Van Stalle 1992).
ID Keys
Van Stalle 1992: 189–192
Diagnosis 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 [209]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DERBIDAE Spinola, 1839 | 26-Aug-2013 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |