Subspecies Eurinopsyche obscurata doddi (Distant, 1906)

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• Eurinopsyche doddi Distant, W.L. 1906. Rhynchotal Notes. xxxviii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 18: 18-32 [19].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH sex, quantity unknown, Torouville, Queensland.

Generic Combinations

• Eurinopsyche obscurata doddi (Distant, 1906). —
  Lallemand, V. 1963. Revision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième partie. Faunes Asiatique et Australienne. Memoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 2nd Series 75: 1-99 [64]
• Eurinopsyche doddi (Distant, 1906). —
  Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [122]

Introduction

The identity and status of this subspecies from Queensland needs to be determined by examination of the type material which is from Townsville, Queensland. Lallemand (1963) gave the type locality as "Torouville". Distant (1906) also described a colour variant whose status and identity also needs to be examined. Nagai & Porion (1996) listed E. doddi as a new synonym of E. obscurata but, without any evidence presented, this synonymy is not accepted here.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Head and cephalic process, sternum, and legs greyish, mottled with piceous; abdomen pale castaneous brown, with the segmental margins ochraceous; tegmina grey, opaque, the venation fuscous; an inner claval marginal fascia longitudinally continued for a short distance beyond apex of clavus and an irregular discal longitudinal fascia on apical area piceous brown; a series of small spots of the same colour on costal margin; wings greyish hyaline, with about basal half dull ochraceous, the venation fuscous; cephalic process long, slender, from in front of eyes about as long as abdomen, apex subconvexly narrowed, upper surface undulate; posterior tibiae with four spines; rostrum about reaching abdominal apex; anterior and intermediate tibiae annulated with piceous. Long., excl. tegm., 17 mm; exp. tegm. 32 mm (Distant 1906).

Var.— Tegmina without the discal longitudinal fascia on apical area and the clavus generally suffused with piceous brown (Distant 1906).

A photograph of the holotype was provided by Nagai & Porion (1996: Pl.9, fig.124)

ID Keys

Lallemand 1963: 64

Diagnosis References

Lallemand, V. 1963. Revision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième partie. Faunes Asiatique et Australienne. Memoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 2nd Series 75: 1-99 [64]

General References

Nagai, S. & Porion, T. 1996. Fulgoridae 2. Catalogue illustré des faunes asiatique et australienne. 2 rue André Mellenne, 60280 Venette, France : Sciences Nat pp. 80. [16]

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