Species Zaletta cupido (Kirkaldy, 1907)
Compiler and date details
11 November 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Idiocerus cupido Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [34].
Type data:
Lectotype BPBM ♀ (coll.: i-ii.1905, Koebele), Sydney, New South Wales.Subsequent designation references:
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [93].
Generic Combinations
- Zaletta cupido (Kirkaldy, 1907). —
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [93]
Introduction
Webb (1983) indicated that this species runs to Zaletta in his key to species but suggested that it represented an undescribed genus. The type series comprises only females, making it difficult to determine its identity with confidence. The type series was collected in Sydney, New South Wales.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Form of [Balocha] xantho. Head, pronotum, scutellum and underside pale yellowish often suffused with rosy. Tegmina pale yellowish testaceous suffused with rosy, veins rosy; subcostal cell, apical cells, apex of subapical cells and appendix, hyaline. Length 3 mm. (Kirkaldy 1907).
In addition to distinctive second valvulae, this species can be distinguished by its small size (3 mm) and forewings tinged with pale scarlet (Webb 1983).
Diagnosis References
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [34]
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [93]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |