Species Tyligma dandavalex Löcker and Holzinger, 2020

Tyligma dandavalex Löcker & Holzinger, habitus

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• Tyligma dandavalex Löcker and Holzinger, 2020.
  Zoobank Registration Number:B59819A4-3D46- 4464-A399-6D788BDF84F3

  Type data:

   Holotype ASCU ASCT00180163 ♂ (Coll: B. Loecker, 22.xi.2017, ex Fraxinus angustifolia.), Moulder Street, Orange, New South Wales.

Introduction

This species, typical in general appearance of most of the Cixiini, is distributed around the southeastern regions of Australia from SE Queensland to central Victoria. It has been collected from a number of species of Asteraceae, Leptospermum (Myrtaceae) and Fraxinus angustifolia (Oleaceae). The species name is derived from the names of the first author's friends Danuta, David and Alexander McKenzie.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Diagnosis

This is the only known species of the genus. A comprehensive morphological description is provided by Löcker and Holzinger (2020) (pp 753–754)

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B. and Holzinger, W.E. 2020. Tyligma gen. nov., a new Australian genus of planthopper and a key to the Australian genera of Cixiini (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Austral Entomology 59(4): 747–757 [753–754]

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