Species Queenslandicesa fennahi Bellis and Donaldson, 2015

Museums

Regional Maps

• Queenslandicesa fennahi Bellis, G.A. & Donaldson, J.F. 2015. Reassessment of some of Kirkaldy's Australian species of Delphacini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae). Austral Entomology 1-13 [First published on line 17 December 2015 with pagination 1–13. Print version published August 2016, vol 55(3), 247-260] [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂ (coll. ii.1977, I.D. Galloway, malaise trap), beside Brisbane R. (Tennyson), Queensland.

Introduction

This species has a disjunct distribution between coastal Queensland and Taiwan. With its identity established by Bellis and Donaldson (2015) it is possible that it will be found in other localities between these two. The species was "named in honour of
Ronald G. Fennah in recognition of his work on the taxonomy of the Delphacidae." (Bellis and Donaldson 2015).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Postclypeus at base slightly wider than frons at apex, nearly as long as wide at base. Ocelli present in macropterous but absent in brachypterous specimens. Antennae reaching to level of middle of postclypeus, segment I about 1.5 times longer than wide and about half as long as segment II. Post-tibial spur with 15–22 teeth. Anal segment of male short, lateroapical angles produced into stout processes, directed caudad. Pygofer in posterior view with opening as wide as long. Aedeagus large, arched upward medially, with 2 large teeth on the left side, one medially, another subapically, and with a very long irregular flagellum on the right side. Parameres moderately long, inner margin nearly straight, outer margin slightly concave in apical third, basal angles each with a prominent process (Bellis and Donaldson 2015).

Diagnosis References

Bellis, G.A. & Donaldson, J.F. 2015. Reassessment of some of Kirkaldy's Australian species of Delphacini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae). Austral Entomology 1-13 [First published on line 17 December 2015 with pagination 1–13. Print version published August 2016, vol 55(3), 247-260] [5]

General References

Bellis, G.A. & Donaldson, J.F. 2015. Reassessment of some of Kirkaldy's Australian species of Delphacini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae). Austral Entomology 1-13 [First published on line 17 December 2015 with pagination 1–13. Print version published August 2016, vol 55(3), 247-260] [5]

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