Species Rentinus dilatatus (Westwood, 1838)

Rentinus dilatatus (Westwood), Adult

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Regional Maps

• Fulgora dilatata Westwood, J.O. 1838. Nouvelles Diverses. Fulgores. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 7: xxxviii–xxxix [xxxix].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM sex, quantity unknown, Swan River, Western Australia.
• Pyrops inducta Walker, F. 1858. Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq. London : British Museum pp. 1-117. [30].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH sex, quantity unknown, Port Phillip, Victoria.
• Eurystheus perkinsi Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [389].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BPBM sex, quantity unknown (coll.: xi.1904, bred; arboreal), Bundaberg, Queensland.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Distant, W.L. 1906. Rhynchotal Notes. xxxviii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 18: 18-32 [18] (synonymy of Pyrops inducta Walker)
• Lallemand, V. 1963. Revision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième partie. Faunes Asiatique et Australienne. Memoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 2nd Series 75: 1-99 [63] (synonymy of Eurystheus perkinsi Kirkaldy)
• Nagai, S. & Porion, T. 1996. Fulgoridae 2. Catalogue illustré des faunes asiatique et australienne. 2 rue André Mellenne, 60280 Venette, France : Sciences Nat pp. 80. [16] (recognised the two subspecies as synonyms)

Generic Combinations

• Rentinus dilatatus (Westwood, 1838). —
  Lallemand, V. 1963. Revision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième partie. Faunes Asiatique et Australienne. Memoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 2nd Series 75: 1-99 [63]

Introduction

As discussed at http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/fulgorid/index.html, the date of first publication of this species has been confused in the literature. Metcalf (1947) gave 1839 in Trans. Linn. Soc. London volume 18 and Lallemand (1963) gave 1841 for that volume. However, Lallemand (1963) also gave 1838 in Ann. Soc. Ent. France as an earlier description of the species which was a report of Westwood's presentation to the Linnaean Society of London including all his descriptions of new species with their type localities.

Lallemand (1963) recognised two subspecies but these were listed as synonyms by Nagai & Porion (1996). Their status needs to be evaluated after an examination of the male genitalia which does not appear to have been undertaken.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

capite rostrato, rostro dimidii corporis longitudine, apice attenuato griseo fuscescente, abdomine fulvo, apicibus segmentorum nigris, hemelytris pallide cinereis, singulo ocellis 12 roseis et nigris, venis nigris et roseis. Long. lin. 8. (Westwood 1838).

capite rostrato, rostro dimidii corporis longitudine, apice attenuato ; griseo-fuscescens ; abdomine fulvo, apice segmentorum nigris ; hemelytris pallide cinereis, venis nigris et roseis, in singulo ocellis 12 roseis et nigris.
Long. Corp. cum rostro, lin. 8.; long, rostri, lin. 3. Expans. alar. lin. I7. (Westwood 1841).

Lallemand (1963) recognised two subspecies for which he provided a key.

Diagnosis References

Lallemand, V. 1963. Revision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième partie. Faunes Asiatique et Australienne. Memoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 2nd Series 75: 1-99 [63]

General References

Lallemand, V. 1963. Revision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième partie. Faunes Asiatique et Australienne. Memoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 2nd Series 75: 1-99 [63]

Metcalf, Z.P. 1947. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea. Part 9, Fulgoridae. Raleigh N.C. : North Carolina State College 276 pp. [110]

Nagai, S. & Porion, T. 1996. Fulgoridae 2. Catalogue illustré des faunes asiatique et australienne. 2 rue André Mellenne, 60280 Venette, France : Sciences Nat pp. 80. [16]

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