Genus Thalattoscopus Kirkaldy, 1905
Compiler and date details
14 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Thalattoscopus Kirkaldy, G.W. 1905. Memoir on the Rhynchota collected by Dr. Arthur Willey, F.R.S., chiefly in Birara (New Britain) and Lifu. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1905: 327-363, pl. 17 [334].
Type species:
Thalattoscopus dryas Kirkaldy, 1905 by monotypy. - Marquardtella Schmidt, E. 1930. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Zikaden des Indoaustralischen Faunengebietes. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 47: 112-126 [122].
Type species:
Marquardtella krusei Schmidt, 1930 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Knight, W.J. 1983. The leafhopper genus Batracomorphus (Cicadellidae) in the eastern Oriental and Australian Regions. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 47(2): 27-210 [29]
Introduction
This genus was synonymised with Batracomorphus Lewis by Linnavuori & Quartau (1975) but reinstated by Knight (1983) who demonstrated that it was distinct. The genus was reviewed by Knight & Webb (1986) who recognised 21 species all of which are restricted to New Guinea, neighbouring island groups and northeastern Australia. Three species are recorded in Australia. The genus includes species in New Guinea which are recognised pests of coffee, Coffea arabica L. (Rubiaceae). The genus was transferred into the tribe Trocnadini by Kriahnankutty et al. (2016).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Ceram, Irian Jaya.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Diagnosis
"Very similar to Bythoscopus, Germ. (=Macropsis, Auctt.), but frons, clypeus and genae anastomosed or only obsoletely sutured off. Postmargin of eyes beneath, emarginate. Apical margin of head widely rounded. Ocelli distant about two and a half times as far from each other as from the eyes. Vertex very short, seven or eight times as wide between the eyes as long, about twice as wide as the eyes together, acutely margined basally. Antennal ledge truncate. Pronotum and scutellum very distinctly transversely striated, pronotum at base slightly wider than the eyes, lateral margin somewhat rounded" (Kirkaldy 1905).
Knight & Webb (1986) provide a comprehensive description of the genus.
Diagnosis References
Knight, W.J. 1983. The leafhopper genus Batracomorphus (Cicadellidae) in the eastern Oriental and Australian Regions. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 47(2): 27-210 [29]
Knight, W.J. & Webb, M.D. 1986. The pacific Iassine cicadellid genus Thalattoscopus (Homoptera). Journal of Natural History 20: 1051-1082 [1053–1054]
General References
Knight, W.J. 1983. The leafhopper genus Batracomorphus (Cicadellidae) in the eastern Oriental and Australian Regions. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 47(2): 27-210 [29]
Knight, W.J. & Webb, M.D. 1986. The pacific Iassine cicadellid genus Thalattoscopus (Homoptera). Journal of Natural History 20: 1051-1082
Krishnankutty, S.M., Dietrich, C.H., Dai, W. & Siddappaji, M.H. 2016. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of leafhopper subfamily Iassinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with a revised tribal classification based on morphological and molecular data. Systematic Entomology 41: 580–595 [593]
Linnavuori, R. & Quartau, J.A. 1975. Revision of the Ethiopian Cicadellidae (Hemiptera-Homoptera): Iassinae and Acroponinae. Etudes du Continent Africain 3: 1-170 [30]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | Iassinae Amyot & Serville, 1843 | 07-Nov-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Murray Fletcher |
| 05-Dec-2019 | 02-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |