Species Lydda pseudodecisa (Muir, 1918)
Compiler and date details
26 August 2013 - Murray J. Fletcher
21 January 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Proutista pseudodecisa Muir, F. 1918. Notes on the Derbidae in the British Museum collection. I. Zoraidinae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 54: 173-177 [177].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: x.1913, G.F. Hill), Stapleton, Northern Territory.
Generic Combinations
- Lydda pseudodecisa (Muir, 1918). —
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]
Introduction
This species was based on three males from Stapleton, in the Pine Creek region of the Northern Territory. Muir (1918) specifically referred to one of the specimens being the "type" and this was taken by Van Stalle (1992) to be a holotype designation. Van Stalle (1992) suggested that this species may be a synonym of L. straminea from New Guinea but the absence of males of L. straminea and lack of males of L. pseudodecisa from New Guinea means this is impossible to determine.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Extra Ecological Information
Nymph may be fungal feeder
Diagnosis
Light stramineous, red on clypeus and middle of pronotum, fuscous on apex of rostrum and tarsi; abdominal dorsum light fuscous and slightly mottled with light marks. Tegmina and wings hyaline, veins brown. The medio-ventral process of the pygofer forming a small, acute spine, the lateral edges angular beside the anal segment and produced into an acute point; genital styles with the ventral edge entire, convex on the apical half, apex produced into a long point curved inward, dorsal edge produced into a small curved spine on the basal half, roundly produced in the middle and strongly concave to the apex. Length 4.5 mm; tegmen 7.8 mm (Muir 1918).
The male and female genitalia were described by Van Stalle (1992).
ID Keys
Van Stalle 1992: 189–192
Diagnosis References
Muir, F. 1918. Notes on the Derbidae in the British Museum collection. I. Zoraidinae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 54: 173-177 [177]
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2013 | DERBIDAE Spinola, 1839 | 26-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | Dr Murray Fletcher |
| 28-Jan-2011 | 28-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |