Genus Salona Stål, 1866

Salona panorpaepennis (Guérin-Méneville), type species of Salona Stål.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Salona Stål, C. 1866. Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. Hemiptera Africana 4: 1-276 [220].

  Type species:

   Cixius panorpaepennis Guérin-Méneville, 1838 by subsequent designation, see Stål, C. 1866. Analecta Hemipterologica. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 10: 381-394 [393].

Introduction

This genus has two species, one from parts of southeastern Australia from the Sydney region to SE Tasmania and the other from Christmas Island. In general, the species are similar to those of Gaetulia although they tend to be browner and slightly larger. There are clearly undescribed species from SE Australia in collections.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Sydney Basin (SB), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Diagnosis

Membrana costa venis transversis simplicibus vel subfurcatis, haud anastomosantibus, instructa. Venis duabus longitudinalibus in medio vel pone medium clavi in unam conjunctis. Fronte distincte longiore quam latiore; tibiis anticis femoribus trochanteribusque ad unum longioribus. Area anali alarum vena obsoleta simplici instructa vel vena destituta. Costa a margine sat remota; venis clavi in medio clavi in unam conjunctis; area anali alarum vena destituta; capite thorace latitudine subaequali, ante oculos vix prominulo; fronte unicarinata, lateribus parallelis; clypeo medio carinato, Iateribus carina destitutis; tibiis posticis trispinosis (Stål 1866).

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J. (2001) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the family Tropiduchidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/tropid/tropid00.htm

Diagnosis References

Stål, C. 1866. Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. Hemiptera Africana 4: 1-276 [220]

History of changes