Species Stenopsoides punctatus Semeraro, 2021
Stenopsoides punctatus Semeraro, habitus
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Species Stenopsoides punctatus Semeraro, 2021
Compiler and date details
19 August 2021 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Stenopsoides punctatus Semeraro, L., Fletcher, M.J., Malipatil, M.B., Constant, J. and New, T.R. 2021. Revision of a unique Australian leafhopper genus Stenopsoides Evans (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae: Macropsini). Zootaxa 4999(2): 117–131 [124].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ (coll: 29 November 1972, D.H. Colless, at light), 296 km S of Tennant Creek, Stuart Highway, Northern Territory [22°23’30”S 133°22’02”E].
Introduction
This is the only species of the genus recorded outside of Western Australia. It occurs in the Pilbara bioregion of NW Western Australia as well as the Burt Plain bioregion of central south Northern Territory. Nothing is known of its biology.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Pilbara (PIL)
Diagnosis
Stenopsoides punctatus may be distinguished from other species in the genus by its smaller body size, having no stripes on the pronotal extension which is yellow with brown coarse pitting (S. turneri and S. newi have brown stripes on the pronotum and S. truncatus has a black mark at the apex), having tegmen with evenly distributed fine black dots (S. turneri has dots restricted to the costal cells and the other two Stenopsoides species have no dots on the tegmen). In common with S. turneri, S. punctatus has ocelli slightly closer to the eyes than to the midline of face (while S. newi and S. truncatus have ocelli about equidistant from eyes as to midline of the face). This species has been collected at light in open forest (Semeraro et al. 2021).
ID Keys
Semeraro et al. 2021: 119–120
Diagnosis References
Semeraro, L., Fletcher, M.J., Malipatil, M.B., Constant, J. and New, T.R. 2021. Revision of a unique Australian leafhopper genus Stenopsoides Evans (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae: Macropsini). Zootaxa 4999(2): 117–131 [126]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CICADOMORPHA | 02-Sep-2021 | ADDED |