Taxonomic revision of the Australian Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of nine new species
Author
Löcker, Birgit
Author
Fletcher, Murray J.
Author
Gurr, Geoff M.
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Zootaxa
2010
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.194600
e82c67cc-8d49-49bd-a0cd-d64b2bda9aec
1175-5326
194600
Bajauana austrina
(
Kirkaldy, 1907
)
(
Figs 1
,
11
)
Australoma austrina
Kirkaldy, 1907
: 114
, Pl. VIII,
Figs 16–18
.
Bajauana austrina
(Kirkaldy)
,
Fennah, 1980
: 239
.
Type
.
Lectotype
3 (designated here, examined),
AUSTRALIA
, Qld
: Kuranda,
viii.1904
(
BPBM
).
Notes: One male
type
specimen from Kuranda, Queensland has been examined. It is unclear from the original description whether further
type
material exists - though it is unlikely because a single measurement instead of a range is given for the body length by
Kirkaldy (1907)
. Nevertheless, the specimen is recognised as a
syntype
because of the possibility of additional
type
specimens and is hereby designated as
lectotype
to provide diagnostic reference for the species.
FIGURE 1.
Bajauana austrina
: A habitus lateral; B forewing; C dorsum; D hindwing; E face. Scalebar 2 mm applies to figure A.
Other material examined.
AUSTRALIA
, Qld
: 1 3, Mossman Gorge,
21.iv.1967
(D.H. Colless) (
ANIC
); 2 Ƥ, same data,
23.iv.1967
(
ANIC
); 2 3, Windsor Tableland via Mt Carbine,
26.xii.1983
–
24.i.1984
(Storey & Halfpapp) (
QDPI
); 3 3, 1 Ƥ, same data, malaise trap,
10.xi.–26.xii.1983
(Storey & Titmarsh) (
QDPI
); 1 Ƥ, same data,
4.–29.xii.1980
(
QDPI
); 1 3, Kuranda Range State Forest,
7–8 m
, Black Mtn Road,
20.iv.1967
(D.H. Colless) (
ANIC
); 1 Ƥ, Kuranda State Forest,
28.1 km
N of Kuranda,
16º40’25”S
145º30’08”E
,
28.iv.1998
(G. Cassis) (AMS).
Colour.
Head yellow except for dark brown apex of rostrum. Pro- and mesonotum yellow, carinae concolorous or slightly paler. Forewings hyaline yellowish except for mid brown mark near apex of clavus; veins and tubercles yellow; pterostigma yellow except for two mid brown marks. Abdominal sternites yellow, sometimes mid brown. Legs yellow.
Morphology.
Body length: 3
4.9–5.1 mm
; Ƥ
4.9–5.5 mm
.
Head: Vertex 1.4–1.7 times wider than long; with or without indistinct median carina. Frons 1.0–1.2 times longer than wide. Median carina of frons complete, rarely incomplete.
Thorax: Forewing 2.5–2,7 times longer than wide; with about 21–24 tubercles on costa; position of crossvein R-M basad or at same level as fork MA-MP.
Hind
leg: 2nd tarsomere with 8 (rarely 7) apical teeth and three very fine setae.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 11
C, D. Genital styles as in
Figs 11
E, F. Ventromedian process of pygofer triangular as in
Fig. 11
E. Aedeagus as in
Figs 11
A, B. Phallotheca left lateral with two more or less straight spines (a, b) of different length, right lateral with slightly curved, short spine (c) and long, more or less straight spine. (d). Flagellum with several pointed tips.
Remarks.
Bajauana austrina
has been recorded from
Australia
and
Indonesia
(Buru Island) and therefore represents one of two species within the Australian Eucarpiini that are not endemic to
Australia
.
Bajauana austrina
can be distinguished from
B. acuminata
by the characters given in the key.