Review of the Australian genus Desudaboides Musgrave with descriptions of four new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)
Author
Constant, Jerome
text
Zootaxa
2010
2351
39
48
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.193465
528ee433-dead-4f67-8519-4d80311b1319
1175-5326
193465
Desudaboides rentzi
n. sp.
Figs. 1G–H
,
5
.
Etymology.
rentzi
: dedicated to my friend, Dr David Rentz (Kuranda, Queensland) who is one of the collectors of the
holotype
of the new species.
Material examined.
Holotype
Ƥ: [NT Lichtfield N.P., Florence Falls, M V,
13°03’S
130°47’E
,
29 Oct. 1991
, Wells & Rentz] (
NTM
);
paratype
Ƥ: [
12.46S
132.39E
,
12 km
NNW of Mt. Cahill, N.T.
20 May 1973
, Upton & McInnes] (
ANIC
);
paratype
Ƥ: [NT, Humpty Doo,
12 March 1994
, N. Richardson, at U.V. light] (
RBINS
) coordinates of Humpty Doo:
12°38'S
131°15'E
;
paratype
Ƥ: [Beerimah, N.T. via Darwin.
5.xii.1974
, A. Allwood.] [3754] (
NTM
) coordinates of Berrimah:
12°25’S
130°55’E
;
paratype
Ƥ: [
12.44S
130.58E
, Darwin River,
16km
SW by S of Noonamah,
16.v.1974
, N.T., T. Angeles & W. Mollah] [3755] (
NTM
).
FIGURE 6.
Distribution map of
Desudaboides melindae
and
D. nigrifrons
in Australia.
Diagnosis.
The species is immediately recognized by the following combination of characters: (
1
) frons red, often with oblique carinae olivaceous, (
2
) hind wings with bright orange base, (
3
) abdominal tergites 3 to 8 red, (
4
) tegmina opaque, variegated brown.
Description.
LT: Ƥ (n = 3):
17.3 mm
(16.3–18.0).
Head
: red, more or less marked with green and brown (
Figs. 1 G–H
); frons often with brown transverse line along superior margin of disc, and oblique discal carinae green-brown; infero-lateral angles of frons and baso-lateral angles of postclypeus marked with green-brown (
Fig. 1 H
); antennae orange to red; pedicel large, inflated, reniform (
Fig. 1 H
); ratio BV/LV = 4.8; BF/LF = 1.6.
Thorax
: prothorax red more or less marked with green and brown, especially infero-lateral angles (
Fig. 1 G
); mesonotum red with brown markings on sides of disc (
Fig. 1 G
); ratio LP+LM/BT = 0.9; LM/LP = 2.1.
Tegmina
: variegated orange-brown to brown with membrane opaque, hyaline in places, with brown confluent spots; costal cell marked with pale green and 4–5 dark brown patches (
Fig. 1 G
); ratio LTg/BTg = 3.3.
Hind
wings
: base largely orange limited by broad brown line extending from middle of costal margin, along basal half of sutural margin, to postero-basal angle; apex hyaline; veins brown, orange in orange zone (
Fig. 1 G
).
Legs
: red; tibiae with 1-2 green-brown rings; apices of spines of hind legs black (
Fig. 1 G
).
Abdomen
: bright red with basal tergites black (
Fig. 1 G
).
Biology.
Two out of the five specimens have been caught at light trap.
Distribution
(
Fig. 5
). Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.