Species Lydda perkinsi (Muir, 1913)
Compiler and date details
26 August 2013 - Murray J. Fletcher
21 January 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Proutista perkinsi Muir, F. 1913. On some new species of leafhopper. Part II Derbidae. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 12: 28-92 [75].
Type data:
Lectotype BPBM ♀ (coll.: Perkins & Koebele), 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 [194].
Generic Combinations
- Lydda perkinsi (Muir, 1913). —
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 [194]
Introduction
Muir (1913) recorded the locality simply as Queensland but the type material was collected by Koebele and Perkins who collected in the wet tropics of North Queensland between June 1904 and May 1905. Van Stalle (1992) added other locations in the wet tropics.
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
Light brown; face, middle and lateral edges of pronotum, median line on scutellum and sides of abdomen light yellow, dark dorsal portion of abdomen spotted with light yellow, labium and tarsi dark brown; tegmina subhyaline, costa, subcosta and base of media and cubital veins yellowish, rest brown, subcostal and radial cells light fuscous brown, extending at base into clavus, also over apical half of cubitus, tips of median sectors and gradate median cross-veins bordered with fuscous; last ventral abdominal plate angularly produced, apex deeply but narrowly-emarginate, deeply, longitudinally depressed along middle and sides, leaving two keels between the depressions, anal segment and genital styles excessively small. Length 2.7 mm: tegmen 7.7mm. (Muir 1913)
ID Keys
Van Stalle 1992: 189–192
Diagnosis References
Muir, F. 1913. On some new species of leafhopper. Part II Derbidae. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 12: 28-92 [75]
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 [189–192]
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) |