Species Nesochlamys contrarius Löcker, 2010

Nesochlamys contrarius Löcker, adult

© Copyright Birgit Löcker, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nesochlamys contrarius Löcker, B. in Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J. & Gurr, G.M. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the Australian Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2425: 1-31 [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T.156366 ♂ (coll: 29.ix.–11.xi.1983, Storey & Brown (originally from QDPI)), 26 km up Tinaroo Ck Rd via Mareeba, Queensland.

Introduction

A beautifully coloured species from the wet tropics of North Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Nymph might be phloem feeder or fungivore

Diagnosis

Colour. Vertex light brown near basal emargination, mid to dark brown apically. Face mid (rarely dark) brown, carinae concolorous, except for pale lateral carinae of frons. Pronotum light brown, mesonotum dark brown. Forewings hyaline colourless with some light to mid brown patches; veins and tubercles concolorous with cells; apical parts of veins near pterostigma darkened; pterostigma light brown. Abdomen light to mid brown. Legs light brown, femora slightly darker. Morphology. Body length: ♂ 3.2–3.6 mm. Head: Vertex 0.7–1.0 times as wide as long; with median carina covering 3/4 of length of vertex. Frons 1.4–1.7 times longer than wide. Rostrum just reaching hind coxae. Thorax: Forewing 3.5–3.9 times longer than wide; with about 8–15 tubercles on costa; Sc+R forking basad or distad of fork CuA1+CuA2; position of crossvein R-M basad or slightly distad of fork MA-MP; RP apically trifid; apical cells 10. Hind leg: 1st tarsomere with 5–6 apical teeth; 2nd tarsomere with 6 (rarely 5) apical teeth and three very fine setae. Male genitalia: Genital styles apically with numerous fine setae. Ventromedian process of pygofer trapezoid with a shallow incision at the top. Aedeagus: phallotheca left laterally with long spine and large, bifurcated spine with two branches curving in opposite directions; ventrally with long spine. Flagellum without spines.
Remarks. This species can be distinguished from the other Australian species by the presence of a large, bifurcated spine with its two branches of equal length and curving in opposite directions. (Löcker et.al. 2010)

ID Keys

Löcker et.al. (2010: 20)

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J. & Gurr, G.M. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the Australian Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa (2425): 1-31 [22]

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