Species Anyllis gibbosus Liang & Wang, 2012
Compiler and date details
24 April 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Anyllis gibbosus Liang, A.P. & Wang, R.R. 2012. A revision of the endemic Australian spittlebug genus Anyllis Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Natural History 46(15–16): 1005–1023 [1011].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: 25.iv.1969, I.F.B. Common & M.S. Upton, 900 m), 6.4 km west of Paluma, Queensland.
Introduction
This species is only known from two localities in the wet tropics of North Queensland. It is the largest known species in the genus.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: xylem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species can be easily distinguished from other known species in the genus by its largest size, more elongate and slender body and the male genital structure, especially the aedeagal shaft with a gibba-like process on anterior edge subapically in lateral view. Externally this species is similar to A. leiala Kirkaldy, but differs from the latter in its vertex, pronotum and mesonotum covered with fuscous punctures, pronotum with the median longitudinal carina black, and the scutellum with median line suffused with yellowish white, in addition to the differences in the body size and the male genital characters mentioned above (Liang & Wang 2012).
ID Keys
Liang & Wang 2012: 1010
Diagnosis References
Liang, A.P. & Wang, R.R. 2012. A revision of the endemic Australian spittlebug genus Anyllis Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Natural History 46(15–16): 1005–1023 [1011–1013]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 24-Apr-2012 | ADDED |