Species Siphanta gallowayi Fletcher, 1985

Siphanta gallowayi Fletcher, adult

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Siphanta gallowayi Fletcher, M.J. 1985. Revision of the genus Siphanta Stål (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Flatidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 110: 1-94 [30].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM 9391 ♂ (coll.: 4.vi.1975, in dry vegetation, I.D. Galloway, D-vac), 64 km SE of Normanton, Queensland.

Introduction

This is the smallest species of the genus Siphanta and is known from North Queensland. The structure of the head and shape of the tegmen link the species with the granulicollis group but it is more brightly coloured than other members of the group and the male genitalia also show differences from the general structures found in other members of the group. The species was "named after Dr Ian Galloway, QDPI, who collected most of the type series."

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Gulf Plains (GUP)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

granulicollis group. Head short, frons longer than widest part which is level with antennae. Vertex with apical margin evenly rounded or obtusely angulate. Apical and basal margins of vertex more or less parallel. Tegmen with apical and sutural angles rounded. Costal margin convex throughout, more strongly so on basal half, so that widest part of tegmen at about midlength. Clavus long, extending nearly to sutural angle, so branching of M1+2 well basal of claval apex. Colour green, fading to yellow or orange in dried specimens. Apex of head, fore- and mid-tibiae externally and usually tarsi, red. Tegmen usually with red border from apex of costal cell around apical margin and claval margin to apex of clavus, this border interrupted by green vein endings. Outer claval vein usually red. Tegminal granules black.
S. gallowayi. Head and ventral surface of body, including legs, dark testaceous to brown marked with red, particularly around lateral margins of frons and apex of head. Pronotum orange or brown with green granules. Midline of pronotum without granules but bordered with two lines of granules. Mesonotum orange with three longitudinal green stripes between lateral carinae of disc. Male pygofer with short recurved process. Paramere rounded with short pointed process. Female third valvulae short, broad basally with short narrow tips and pilose area ventral. Second valvulae gap U-shaped (Fletcher 1985).

ID Keys

Fletcher 1985: 4
Fletcher, M.J. (2005). Illustrated Key to the species of the genus Siphanta Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Flatidae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/flatid/siphanta/siph00.htm

Diagnosis References

Fletcher, M.J. 1985. Revision of the genus Siphanta Stål (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Flatidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 110: 1-94 [30–31]

History of changes