Genus Matumuia Day, 1999

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• Matumuia Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [683].

  Type species:

   Matumuia laura Day, 1999 by original designation.

 

Introduction

This monotypic genus is based on a single male from North Queensland. It is quite distinctive with the median pronotal process curving upwards and extending well beyond the apex of the tegmina, which are themselves very long. Day (1999) notes that the species is also unusual in Australian Membracidae by having the ocelli aligned with the midpoint of the eyes. However, without additional specimens, the validity of this genus as separate from Sarantus Stål is, in the view of the compiler, dubious since the single male could be a morphological aberration. The etymology was given by Day (1999) as "The name is derived from that of an Aboriginal tribe."

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Diagnosis

The alignment of the ocelli with midpoint of eyes is unusual in Australian Membracidae. Median pronotal process prolonged and slightly enlarged apically, unlike any other endemic genus. Tegmen very long, m–cu1 present. Apical cells almost straight. Lateral plates unusually large and elongate (Day 1999).

 

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J. and Day M. F. (2005) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the Family Membracidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Membracidae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/membracid/membrac00.htm [accessed: 9.iv.2012]

 

Diagnosis References

Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [683–685]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-May-2012		16-May-2012	MODIFIED
26-Apr-2012		26-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)