Species Lydda guttata Van Stalle, 1992
Compiler and date details
26 August 2013 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Lydda guttata 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 [203].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM ♂ (coll: J.L. & M. Gressitt, 19.iii.1961, on Pandanus), Maningrida, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.
Introduction
This species is similar in male genitalia to L. pseudodecisa (Muir), also from the Northern Territory, but is distinctively marked with brown spots on the tegmen, a feature used in his key to species by Van Stalle (1992) but omitted from the description of the species. It has been collected from Pandanus.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Darwin Coastal (DAC)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Extra Ecological Information
Nymph may be fungal feeder
Diagnosis
The aedeagus resembles that of L. pseudodecisa but both species can be easily separated by the brown spots present in this species (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 [203]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DERBIDAE Spinola, 1839 | 26-Aug-2013 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |