A new genus and ten new species of jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Triozidae) from Allocasuarina (Casuarinaceae) in Australia
Author
Taylor, Gary S.
Author
Jennings, John T.
Author
Purcell, Matthew F.
Author
Austin, Andy D.
text
Zootaxa
2011
3009
1
45
journal article
46929
10.5281/zenodo.278552
838af845-02e8-4e78-93f7-f1643e0e8b36
1175-5326
278552
Trioza banksiae
(Froggatt)
,
stat. rev.
Trioza banksiae
Froggatt, 1901
: 281
–282, pl. xv fig. 4, pl. xvi fig. 26.
Aacanthocnema banksiae
(Froggatt)
,
Tuthill and Taylor 1955
: 252
–253.
Types
.
AUSTRALIA
, New South
Wales
:
Holotype
: 13 (slide) [fore wing, hind wing, hind leg, parameres, aedeagus], labelled "lerp, Botany,
Banksia,
Froggatt
,
11.8.1893
", "
TYPE
W.W.F. 1901,
Trioza banksiae
", and "body in spirit, K.L.T.,
June 1982
" [specimen in ethanol not seen]; 1Ƥ (dried) labelled "
Banksia
lerp, Botany, Froggatt,
11.8.1893
,
Type
W.W.F. 1901,
Trioza banksiae
"; nymphs (dried) Botany (ANIC).
Comments.
Aacanthocnema banksiae
(Froggatt)
is hereby returned to the genus
Trioza
.
Froggatt's (1901) description and illustration of the nymph, the colour, wing shape and alignment of the body of the adult at rest closely resemble many other species of
Trioza
(see
Trioza
sp. from
Myoporum insulare
,
Morgan 1984
, pl. 22 figs 2, 7) in which the wings are hyaline, wing apex is subangular, medial and cubital cells are characteristically shaped and the female proctiger and subgenital plate are more elongate with pointed apices. These characters differ from both
Aacanthocnema
and
Acanthocasuarina
in which the nymphs are heavily-sclerotised, alignment of body of adults at rest lie parallel to its substrate, wings appear less glassy, wing apices are rounded, medial and cubital cells are distinct, and proctiger and subgenital plate are short, rounded or proctiger has an apical hook. It is noted that wing shape and apparent lack of hind tibial spurs may have been the diagnostic characters which led to the tentative placement of the species in
Aacanthocnema
by
Tuthill and Taylor (1955)
. However, close examination of the unique male slide specimen shows that the wing apex is subangular (although partly obscured by folding) and the hind tibia has 1 outer and 2 inner sclerotised spurs (athough barely visible). Based on these characters, this species is hereby returned to
Trioza
.