Species Parasiphanta lanceolata Fletcher, 1988
Compiler and date details
3 March 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Parasiphanta lanceolata Fletcher, M.J. 1988. The Australian genera of Flatidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). General and Applied Entomology 20: 9-32 [19].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC 9469 ♂ (coll.: 1.iii.1967, M.S. Upton), Mataranka, Northern Territory.
Introduction
An unusual species with the tegmen elongate-lanceolate. The colour varies from light brown to green. Nothing is known of its biology. Two specimens were collected at light and another in malaise trap.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, WA: Daly Basin (DAB), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Coloration Light brown to green with dark brown eyes, red stripe across apex of frons reaching laterally to eyes. Fore and mid tibiae and apical margin of tegmen finely marked with red. Tegmen veins darker than cells. Claval granules dark at tips. Morphology. Frons about as long as wide with lateral margins evenly convex from apex to base. Median longitudinal carina percurrent. Vertex front margin obtusely angulate, extending slightly in front of eyes. Vertex and pronotum granulate. Pronotum front margin reaching to about midlength of eyes, hind margin evenly concave. Mesonotum with lateral carinae closer posteriorly than anteriorly. Tegmen, including clvaus, with numerous crossveins. Costal cell with reticulate crossveins. Male genitalia. Pygofer with posterior margin straight, process absent. Paramere broad in basal half then narrowed to rounded apex. Strong recurved dorsal process present. (Fletcher 1988).
ID Keys
Fletcher, M.J. (2005). Illustrated key to the genera of the family Flatidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/flatid/flat00.htm
Diagnosis References
Fletcher, M.J. 1988. The Australian genera of Flatidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). General and Applied Entomology 20: 9-32 [19]
History of changes
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03-Mar-2011 | 03-Mar-2011 | MOVED | ||
01-Mar-2011 | 01-Mar-2011 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |