Subspecies Platybrachys sicca sicca (Walker, 1851)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eurybrachys sicca Walker, F. 1851. List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 pp. 261-636. [384].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH ♀ (presented by the Earl of Derby), New Holland; BMNH 2 ♀, locality unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Platybrachys sicca sicca (Walker, 1851). —
  Stål, C. 1862. Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 19(9): 479-504 [488]

Introduction

Lallemand (1935) described a colour form from Burnside, Northern Territory which, under ICZN art. 45.6.4, is deemed of subspecific rank. The validity of the two subspecies needs to be checked as part of a revision of the genus.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

The two subspecies can be differentiated by colour - P. sicca sicca lacks a black stripe extending the length of the tegmen.

History of changes