Genus Temenites Fennah, 1965

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• Temenites Fennah, R.G. 1965. Delphacidae from Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 17(1): 1-59 [15].

  Type species:

   Temenites ancon Fennah, 1965 by original designation.

Introduction

A genus created for a single species from Brisbane, in SE Queensland. Fennah (1965) noted that Temenites appears to be allied to Perkinsiella Kirkaldy and Phacalastor Kirkaldy although Perkinsiella was placed in the subtribe Numacina by Emeljanov (1993) while Temenites and Phacalastor were retained in the subtribe Delphacina.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Diagnosis

Vertex shorter medially than broad at base (not quite 2 : 1), obtusely rounding into frons, rather narrower at apex than at base, lateral margins straight or weakly concave, apical margin transverse, with submedian carinae slightly prominent, Y-shaped carina distinct, submedian carinae not uniting on vertex, basal compartment of vertex wider at hind margin than greatest length; frons in middle line longer than wide at widest part (nearly 2 : 1), widest near middle, lateral margins convex, median carina rather widely forked near middle; clypeus at base wider than frons at apex, postclypeus short, about as long as basal antennal segment; rostrum with apex lying between mesotrochanters; antennae moderately surpassing frontoclypeal suture, basal segment little longer than broad, laterally compressed, expanding distad, second segment longer than first, with a shallow sulcus near lower margin; ocelli reduced or obsolete. Pronotum with disc shorter in middle line than broad at anterior margin, lateral carinae straight, not attaining hind margin. Post-tibial spur tectiform, with about 18 teeth. Anal segment of ♂ short, lateroapical angles widely separated, each produced ventrally in a spinose process. Pygofer moderately long; no medioventral process present on hind margin (Fennah 1965).

ID Keys

Fennah 1965: 4

Diagnosis References

Fennah, R.G. 1965. Delphacidae from Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 17(1): 1-59 [15–16]

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