Species Zaletta lacustris (Evans, 1942)
Compiler and date details
15 November 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Idiocerus lacustris Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers from Tasmania and Queensland. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1941: 27-30 [28].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂ (coll.: ii.1941, J.W. Evans), near Lake St Clair, Tasmania
Comment: Webb (1983) states that the holotype is in SAMA but Evans (1942) placed it in AM.
Generic Combinations
- Zaletta lacustris (Evans, 1942). —
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [41]
Introduction
This relatively large species of Zaletta (5.0–5.7 mm) is known from sites at higher elevation from NE New South Wales to SW Tasmania.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), New England Tablelands (NET), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
General coloration yellowish green. Head convex, crown wider in the centre than against the eyes, eyes brown. Pronotum shorter than the scutellum. Tegmen hyaline green, apically brown, venation indistinct. Thorax ventral surface pale green. Hind tibia with four spurs set on prominent bases. Abdomen ventral surface pale green. Length 5 mm (Evans 1942).
This species can be distinguished by the absence of dorsal marginal setae on the subgenital plates, the arrangement of processes on the aedeagus and the medially, slightly convex, posterior margin of the female pregenital segment (Webb 1983).
ID Keys
Webb 1983: 31–33
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers from Tasmania and Queensland. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1941: 27-30 [28]
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [41]
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) |