Species Phacalastor pseudomaidis Kirkaldy, 1906

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• Phacalastor pseudomaidis Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [408].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BPBM ♂, ♀, quantity unknown (coll.: vii-viii.1904, on grasses, casually on sugarcane, Koebele), Cairns, Queensland.

Generic Combinations

• Perkinsiella pseudomaidis (Kirkaldy, 1906). —
  Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [136]
• Phacalastor pseudomaidis (Kirkaldy, 1906). —
  Muir, F. 1911. On some new species of leafhopper (Perkinsiella) on sugar cane. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 9: 4-11 [11]
• Dicranotropis pseudomaidis (Kirkaldy, 1906). —
  Muir, F. 1917. Homopterous Notes. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 3(4): 311-338 [316]
• Phacalastor pseudomaidis (Kirkaldy, 1906). —
  Fennah, R.G. 1965. Delphacidae from Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 17(1): 1-59 [17]

Introduction

This species has been placed in various genera by different authors and is a good example of the need for a comprehensive examination of the generic classification of the Australian Delphacini. It is known from Cairns in the wet tropics of Queensland as well as from SE Queensland. It has also been identified in Fiji and Malaysia.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Very close to Peregrinus maidis, but the tegmina are strongly granulate with dark brown, and the nymphs are whitish, banded and spotted with dark brown. Frons and antennae dark smoky brown, with a double (somewhat interrupted) line across the middle of the former. Femora smoky, apically black, tibiae pale annulated with black. Males macropterous; genital segment black. Females dimorphic; genital segment pale, a little infuscate. The shortwinged form has hyaline tegmina, with a large black spot apically. Length: 3.3–4 mm (macropt); 2.5 mm (brachypt.) (Kirkaldy 1906)

The male pygophor has two, somewhat short, ventral spines, and in profile the ventral margin is acutely produced. The genital styles are somewhat twisted. The ventral wall of the anal tube has 4 spines, the dorsal being longer than the ventral. (Kirkaldy 1907)

Diagnosis References

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [408]

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [136–137]

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