Myopsalta xerograsidia Popple 2017, n. sp.
A revision of the Myopsalta crucifera (Ashton) species group (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini) with 14 new species from mainland Australia
Fishing Reel Buzzer (Popple & Strange, 2002)
Ewart, Popple and Marshall (Ewart et al., 2015 b)
Ewart, Popple and Marshall (Ewart et al.
FIGURE 1. Photographs of male right opercula. (A) Myopsalta albiventris n. sp., Mt Moffatt (25 ° 12 ' S 148 ° 59 ' E); (B) M. bassiana n. sp., Acton (35 ° 16 ' S 149 ° 07 ' E); (C) M. chrysopedia n. sp., Lake Douglas (30 ° 52 ' S 121 ° 24 ' E); (D) M. crucifera (Ashton), Plantation Creek, Ayr (19 ° 32 ' S 147 ° 30 ' E); (E) M. gordoni n. sp., 82 km N. of St George (27 ° 23 ' S 148 ° 52 ' E); (F) M. leona n. sp., Expedition Range NP (25 ° 12 ' S 148 ° 59 ' E); (G) M. longicauda n. sp., Mt Moffatt (24 ° 58 ' Sx 148 ° 00 ' E); (H) M. mackinlayi (Distant), Boonah Road turnoff west of Ipswich (27 ° 40 ' S 152 ° 44 ' E); (I) Myopsalta majurae n. sp., Mt Majura – Mt Ainslie (34 ° 15 ' S 149 ° 11 ' E); (J) M. melanobasis n. sp., 14.6 km W. of Drillham Creek (26 ° 39 ' S 149 ° 50 ' E); (K) M. parvula n. sp., Acton (35 ° 16 ' S 149 ° 07 ' E); (L) M. platyptera n. sp., Brigalow Research Station (24 ° 49 ' S 149 ° 45 ' E); (M) M. riverina n. sp., 33 km SSW. of Rankins Springs (33 ° 55 ' S 145 ° 56 ' E); (N) M. septa n. sp., Tannymorel (28 ° 19 ' S 152 ° 08 ' E); (O) M. umbra n. sp., Hurdle Gully (24 ° 55 ' Sx 151 ° 00 ' E); (P) M. xerograsidia n. sp., Plantation Creek, Ayr (19 ° 32 ' S 147 ° 30 ' E). Scale bars = 1 mm.
FIGURE 21. Photographs of male left timbals, with dorsal edge at right and posterior margin at bottom. (A) Myopsalta majurae n. sp., Mt Majura – Mt Ainslie (34 ° 15 ' S 149 ° 11 ' E); (B) M. melanobasis n. sp., 14.6 km W. of Drillham Creek (26 ° 39 ' S 149 ° 50 ' E); (C) M. parvula n. sp., Acton (35 ° 16 ' S 149 ° 07 ' E); (D) M. platyptera n. sp., Brigalow Research Station (24 ° 49 ' S 149 ° 45 ' E); (E) M. riverina n. sp., 33 km SSW. of Rankins Springs (33 ° 55 ' S 145 ° 56 ' E); (F) M. septa n. sp., Tannymorel (28 ° 19 ' S 152 ° 08 ' E); (G) M. umbra n. sp., Binjour Plateau (25 ° 32 ' Sx 152 ° 30 ' E); (H) M. xerograsidia n. sp., 4.3 km W. of Cloncurry River (20 ° 43 ' S 140 ° 27 ' E).
FIGURE 22. Photographs of male pygofer, viewed laterally from left and ventrally. Myopsalta majurae n. sp., Mt Majura – Mt Ainslie (34 ° 15 ' S 149 ° 11 ' E), (A) lateral, (B) ventral; M. melanobasis n. sp., 14.6 km W. of Drillham Creek (26 ° 39 ' S 149 ° 50 ' E), (C) lateral, (D) ventral; M. parvula n. sp., Acton (35 ° 16 ' S 149 ° 07 ' E), (E) lateral, (F) ventral; M. platyptera n. sp., Brigalow Research Station (24 ° 49 ' S 149 ° 45 ' E), (G) lateral, (H) ventral; M. riverina n. sp., 33 km SSW. of Rankins Springs (33 ° 55 ' S 145 ° 56 ' E), (I) lateral, (J) ventral; M. septa n. sp., Tannymorel (28 ° 19 ' S 152 ° 08 ' E), (K) lateral, (L) ventral; M. umbra n. sp., Binjour Plateau (25 ° 32 ' Sx 152 ° 30 ' E), (M) lateral, (N) ventral; M. xerograsidia n. sp., 4.3 km W. of Cloncurry River (20 ° 43 ' S 140 ° 27 ' E), (O) lateral, (P) ventral.
FIGURE 28. Map of mainland Australia showing the geographical distributions of Myopsalta riverina n. sp. in New South Wales, M. septa n. sp. in Queensland and New South Wales, M. umbra n. sp. in Queensland, and M. xerograsidia n. sp. in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Large symbols represent specimen records and smaller symbols denote audio recordings or aural observations.
FIGURE 34. Male calling song structure of Myopsalta xerograsidia n. sp. from a recording obtained at 4.3 km W. of Cloncurry River (20 ° 43 ' S 140 ° 27 ' E) by A. Ewart using RS 3 (see Methods). (A) Wave plot of two complete phrases, each containing four subphrases followed by a short echeme. (B) Expanded wave plot showing the detailed structure of the introductory subphrase. (C) Expanded wave plot showing the detailed structure of the final subphrase followed by the short echeme. (D) Spectrogram showing the highest amplitude frequency plateau and dominant frequency.
FIGURE 35. Wave plots illustrating the calling song of Myopsalta xerograsidia n. sp. from six different locations, including (A) Laura River (15 ° 35 ' S 144 ° 27 ' E), (B) Herberton (17 ° 21 ' S 145 ° 25 ' E), (C) Musselbrook (18 ° 37 ' S 137 ° 59 ' E), (D) 8 km W. of Alice Springs (23 ° 42 ' S 133 ° 48 ' E), (E) Cravens Peak (23 ° 10 ' S 138 ° 14 ' E), and (F) Surat (27 ° 09 ' S 149 ° 04 ' E). Recordings were obtained by the author using RS 1 (B), RS 2 (F) and RS 6 (A), and by A. Ewart using RS 3 (C) and RS 4 (D, E) (see Methods).
PLATE 16. Myopsalta xerograsidia n. sp.: (A) male paratype, 22.5 km E. of Alice Springs (23 ° 46 ' S 134 ° 04 ' E), dorsal view; (B) male holotype, 4.3 km W. of Cloncurry River (20 ° 43 ' S 140 ° 27 ' E), dorsal view; (C) male holotype, ventral view; (D) female, 10.1 km E. of Cloncurry (20 ° 44 ' S 140 ° 38 ' E), dorsal view.
FIGURE 2. Photographs of male left timbals, with dorsal edge at right and posterior margin at bottom. (A) Myopsalta albiventris n. sp., Mt Moffatt (25 ° 12 ' S 148 ° 59 ' E); (B) M. bassiana n. sp., Acton (35 ° 16 ' S 149 ° 07 ' E); (C) M. chrysopedia n. sp., Lake Douglas (30 ° 52 ' S 121 ° 24 ' E); (D) M. crucifera (Ashton), Woodgate (25 ° 06 ' S 152 ° 33 ' E); (E) M. gordoni n. sp., 82 km N. of St George (27 ° 23 ' S 148 ° 52 ' E); (F) M. leona n. sp., 4 km W. of Binjour (25 ° 32 ' S 151 ° 26 ' E); (G) M. longicauda n. sp., Expedition Range (24 ° 38 ' Sx 149 ° 00 ' E); (H) M. mackinlayi (Distant), Boomer Range (23 ° 12 ' S 149 ° 45 ' E).
FIGURE 3. Photographs of male pygofer, viewed laterally from left and ventrally. Myopsalta albiventris n. sp., Mt Moffatt (25 ° 12 ' S 148 ° 59 ' E), (A) lateral, (B) ventral; M. bassiana n. sp., Acton (35 ° 16 ' S 149 ° 07 ' E), (C) lateral, (D) ventral; M. chrysopedia n. sp., Kalgoorlie (30 ° 45 ' S 121 ° 28 ' E), (E) lateral, (F) ventral; M. crucifera (Ashton), Woodgate (25 ° 06 ' S 152 ° 33 ' E), (G) lateral, (H) ventral; M. gordoni n. sp., 82 km N. of St George (27 ° 23 ' S 148 ° 52 ' E), (I) lateral, (J) ventral; M. leona n. sp., 4 km W. of Binjour (25 ° 32 ' S 151 ° 26 ' E), (K) lateral, (L) ventral; M. longicauda n. sp., Expedition Range (24 ° 38 ' Sx 149 ° 00 ' E), (M) lateral, (N) ventral; M. mackinlayi (Distant), Boomer Range (23 ° 12 ' S 149 ° 45 ' E), (O) lateral, (P) ventral.
FIGURE 7. Male calling song structure of Myopsalta bassiana n. sp. from a recording obtained at Acton (35 ° 16 ' S 149 ° 07 ' E) by the author using RS 5 (see Methods). (A) Wave plot of two complete phrases, each containing a sequence of discrete syllables that condenses into a long echeme, which builds in amplitude before ending abruptly and being followed by a short echeme or macrosyllable. (B) Expanded wave plot showing the structure of the latter half of a phrase, including the conspicuous amplitude modulation of the long echeme and the short echeme that follows. (C) Spectrogram showing the highest amplitude frequency plateau and dominant frequency.
FIGURE 16. Wave plots illustrating the calling song of Myopsalta longicauda n. sp. from four different locations, including (A) Possum Park (26 ° 30 ' S 150 ° 06 ' E), (B) Myall Park (27 ° 12 ' S 149 ° 39 ' E), (C) Geham (23 ° 23 ' S 152 ° 01 ' E), and (D) 8 km E. of Stockinbingal (23 ° 30 ' S 147 ° 59 ' E). Recordings were obtained by the author using RS 1 (A, C), RS 2 (B) and RS 5 (D) (see Methods).
PLATE 1. Myopsalta albiventris n. sp.: (A) male holotype, Expedition Range (24 ° 38 ' Sx 149 ° 00 ' E), dorsal view; (B) male holotype, ventral view; (C) female paratype, Mt Moffatt (24 ° 55 ' S 148 ° 03 ' E), dorsal view.
FIGURE 6. Wave plots illustrating the calling song of Myopsalta albiventris n. sp. from four different locations, including (A) Maroon Dam (28 ° 10 ' S 152 ° 39 ' E), (B) Mt Moffatt (24 ° 52 ' S 148 ° 01 ' E), (C) Carnarvon Gorge (25 ° 04 ' S 148 ° 15 ' E), and (D) Robinson Gorge (25 ° 13 ' S 148 ° 59 ' E). Recordings were obtained by the author using RS 2 (A) and RS 1 (B), and by A. Ewart using RS 3 (C, D) (see Methods).
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