Species Orinda lucindae (Kirkaldy, 1906)

Orinda lucindae (Kirkaldy), holotype male

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sarnus lucindae Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [440].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM ♂ (coll.: vii.1904, probably arboreal; holotype by monotypy), Lucinda Point, Queensland.

Generic Combinations

• Orinda lucindae (Kirkaldy, 1906). —
  Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [104]

Introduction

This species from the wet tropics of North Queensland was based on a single male specimen.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Head pale ferruginous, somewhat obscurely speckled and granulate with pale yellowish; pronotum and scutellum sordid brownish, anterior two-thirds of latter pale yellowish brown. Tergites more or less black, genital segments pale, sternites sordid brownish. Tegmina pale cinereous, veins brownish, a brownish smudge across middle and a brownish spot on costal margin near apex. Legs pale, strongly and widely annulate with black. Vertex transverse, a little wider than an eye, anteriorly widely obtuseangled, posteriorly widely obtuse angularly emarginate. Frons flat, with an obscure circular keel, granulate between this and the base. Pronotum granulate, scutellum little longer than the pronotum, smooth, with a deep puncture on each side. Tegmina narrow, elongate, subcoriaceous, costal margin close to base, then widened roundingly; veins strong. Length: 3½ mill. (Kirkaldy 1906).

Diagnosis References

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [440]

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