Species Tropidocephala neoamboinensis Muir, 1913

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• Tropidocephala neoamboinensis Muir, F. 1913. On some new Fulgoroidea. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 2(5): 237-269 [246].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BPBM ♂, quantity unknown, Amboina, Indonesia; BPBM ♂, quantity unknown, Cairns, Queensland.

Introduction

Muir (1913) included both Amboina (= Ambon Island, Indonesia) and Cairns (North Queensland) as type localities with his original description of this species. Donaldson (1991) referred to a holotype male from Amboina, but no holotype was designated by Muir. It is unknown how many specimens were available to Muir from each locality but Donaldson's (1991) use of the term "holotype" may constitute a lectotype designation by default. Muir (1913) indicated that his description was based on males by including "(♂)" beside the name of the species above the description. Labels attached to BPBM specimens indicating type status have not been validated by publication as explained by Medler (1987). Donaldson (1991) also recorded the species from Torres Strait and coastal localities south of Cairns.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

ID Keys

Donaldson 1991: 325

General References

Donaldson, J.F. 1991. Revision of the Australian Tropidocephalini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 325-332

Medler, J.T. 1987. Types of Flatidae (Homoptera) XI. Taxonomic notes on Kirkaldy Types in the Bishop Museum, with illustrations of the genitalia of male lectotypes. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 27: 115-125

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