Species Anabunda retortinervis Emeljanov, 2005

Anabunda retortinervis Emeljanov, adult

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

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• Anabunda retortinervis Emeljanov, A.F. 2005. New genera and species of the Family Achilidae (Homoptera). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 84 1: 10-45 [33].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll: T.G. Campbell, 15.x.1958), Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀ (coll: I.F.B. Common, 21.x.1975), 10km SSE of Yeppoon, Queensland; ANIC ♂ (coll: I.F.B. Common & E.D. Edwards, 6.xii.1974, 457m), 6km WSW of Bingara, New South Wales [29.53S 150.31E].

Introduction

Unlike other described species of the genus, A. retortinervis lacks dark markings on the forewings. Originally described from Coffs Harbour (NSW) and coastal areas of SE Queensland (Emeljanov 2005), the distribution was extended by Moir & Fletcher (2006) east to Fraser and Stradbroke Islands (Qld), south to Sydney (NSW), and west to Gilgandra (NSW).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: phloem feeder.

Nymph: fungivore.

Diagnosis

Colour. Vertex predominantly green except for three red marks on anterior margin, which may be faded in older specimens. Frons, pronotum, and mesonotum green. Eyes black fading to brown in older specimens. Legs green with reddish colouration at posterior section of femur and anterior section of tibia. Spines on legs black. Forewings green, hindwings smoky white. Body length. male 8.3–9.6 mm, female 9.1–10.9 mm. Head. Vertex projecting beyond eyes about two-thirds eye length. Pronotum extending to level with anterior margin of eyes, hind margin rounded. Frons widest at frontoclypeal suture, dorsal edge approximately two-thirds width of widest point. Frontoclypeal suture distinct. Thorax. Forewings with 19–20 apical cells and one to two rows of subapical cells. Vein CuA2 strongly curved. Apical spines of hind tibia in two rows, 2nd row with 4–5 spines positioned between 7 spines of 1st row. Male genitalia. First segment of anal tube widening along length, bearing two small flanges at posterior margin. Medioventral process of pygofer square. Parameres with ventral surface smooth, dorsal surface twisted, lined with 1 large and 4 small spines along outer margin. Aedeagal appendages slightly broadened at midlength, each with 1 apical spine. Dorsal lobe of phallobase reduced to 2 small spines. Lateral lobes greatly reduced. (Moir & Fletcher 2006)

ID Keys

Moir & Fletcher 2006: 41

Diagnosis References

Moir, M.L. & Fletcher, M.J. 2006. Two new species of Anabunda Emeljanov (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 1328: 39-50 [42]

General References

Emeljanov, A.F. 2005. New genera and species of the Family Achilidae (Homoptera). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 84 1: 10-45 [33]

Moir, M.L. & Fletcher, M.J. 2006. Two new species of Anabunda Emeljanov (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 1328: 39-50 [42]

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