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
Key to the triozid fauna of
Casuarinaceae
1. Fore wings of female usually with dark markings [clear in species from
New Caledonia
]; fore wings of male clear; anterior margin of vertex not overhanging genal processes; genal processes short conical, little-declined to longitudinal axis of body and visible from above; female proctiger short with a pair of lateral lobes; male parameres short, narrow, little curved to apex; nymphs broadly ovate, weakly sclerotised, typically ‘triozine’ in
type
; host:
Casuarina
................................................................................................
Casuarinicola
Taylor
[see
Taylor
et al
. 2010
]
- Fore wings of female and male clear; anterior margin of vertex overhanging genal processes; genal processes moderate in length, produced ventrad to longitudinal axis of body; female proctiger short with rounded apex or with apical upturned process or hook; male parameres short, strongly curved to apex, long and thin (
Figs 94–95, 98
) to short and wide (
Figs 131, 134
); nymphs scale-like, usually strongly to moderately sclerotised; host:
Allocasuarina
.................................. 2
2. Rhinaria on antennal segments 4, 6 and 9; hind tibia without apical spurs, at most with a corona of setae; female proctiger short, with apex rounded (without an apical upturned process or hook) (
Figs 18
,
39
)… [
Aacanthocnema
]3
- Rhinaria on antennal segments 4, 6, 8 and 9; hind tibia with 2 inner and 1 outer apical spurs; female proctiger short, with an apical upturned process (
Figs 99, 102
) or prominent hook (
Figs 96
,
135
).............. [
Acanthocasuarina
gen. nov.
]....8
3. Fore wings with brown infuscation along veins R+M+Cu, M, m1+2, m3+4, Cu, Cu1a, Cu1b and distal portion of Rs (
Figs 3
,
10–11
).............................................................................................. 4
- Fore wings without brown infuscation (e.g.,
Figs 23–24
), or at most with brown infuscation restricted to portion of vein Cu1a (
Figs 47–48
)......................................................................................... 5
4. Large species (for all parameters measured in Tables 1–3); antennal length proportional to head width long, AL:HW>1.5; fore wings long, WL:WW>3.0; host:
Allocasuarina tolulosa
; distribution: coastal, subcoastal eastern
Australia
..........................................................................................
Aa. burckhardti
Taylor
,
sp. nov.
- Smaller species (for all parameters measured in Tables 1–3); antennae shorter, AL:HW <1.5; fore wings short, WL:WW <3.0; host:
Allocasuarina distyla
; distribution: coastal, subcoastal south-eastern
Australia
, Tasmania....
Aa. casuarinae
(Froggatt)
5. Head narrow, <
0.70 mm
, distinctly narrower than mesoscutum; male parameres strongly curved inward with flattened, bladelike apices (
Fig. 64
); host:
A. torulosa
; distribution: coastal, subcoastal eastern
Australia
......
Aa. torulosae
Taylor
sp. nov.
- Head moderate to wide,>
0.70 mm
, equal to or wider than mesonotum; male parameres strongly curved inward with rounded, horn-shaped apices (
Figs 38, 41
,
61
)...................................................................... 6
6. Head very wide,>
0.80 mm
; vertex very short and wide (VL:HW <0.35; AL:HW <1.20); anterior edge of vertex rather flat when viewed from dorsal aspect (
Figs 29–30
); host:
A. huegeliana
; distribution: subcoastal, inland Western
Australia
.................................................................................
Aa. huegelianae
Taylor
sp. nov.
-
Head moderately wide, ≤
0.80 mm
; vertex long and narrow (VL:HW>0.35; AL:HW>1.20); anterior edge of vertex distinctly curved when viewed from dorsal aspect (
Figs 19–20
,
43–44
,
51–52
)............................................. 7
7. Basal half of adult fore wing vein Cu1a with brown infuscation (
Figs 47–48
); male parameres with basal lobe (
Fig. 61
); host:
A. luehmannii
; distribution: inland eastern
Australia
..................................
Aa. luehmannii
Taylor
sp. nov.
- Basal half of adult fore wing vein Cu1a without infuscation; basal portion of male parameres more or less parallel-sided when viewed from lateral aspect, without basal swelling (
Fig. 38
); host:
A. verticillata
; distribution: southern
Australia
, Tasmania....................................................................................
Aa. dobsoni
(Froggatt)
8. Vertex short and wide (VL:VW <0.60) (Table 4)............................................................ 9
-. Vertex moderately long and wide (VL:VW>0.65).......................................................... 10
9. Male terminalia as in
Fig. 93
; male parameres long, thin,
0.25–0.27 mm
(
Figs 94–95
); dorso-posterior margin of female proctiger angled when viewed from lateral aspect; proctiger with a prominent sharply-upturned apical hook (
Fig. 96
); host:
A. acutivalvis
; distribution: subcoastal, inland Western
Australia
...................................
Ac. acutivalvis
sp. nov.
- Male terminalia as in
Fig. 97
; male parameres moderately long, thin,
0.23–0.25 mm
(
Fig. 98
); dorso-posterior margin of female proctiger evenly curved when viewed from lateral aspect; proctiger with less prominent upturned apical process (
Fig. 99
); host:
A. campestris
; distribution: subcoastal, inland Western
Australia
......................
Ac. campestris
sp. nov.
10. Cu1 cell value <1.00 (
Table 5
).......................................................................... 11
- Cu1 cell value>1.15.................................................................................. 12
11. Male parameres short, parallel-sided when viewed from lateral aspect (
Fig. 131
); dorso-posterior margin of female proctiger moderately curved when viewed from lateral aspect; proctiger with a less prominent upturned apical process (
Fig. 132
); host:
A.
(?)
littoralis
; distribution: Tasmania....................................................
Ac. tasmanica
sp. nov.
- Male parameres short, with prominent posterior lobe when viewed from lateral aspect, (
Fig. 134
); dorso-posterior margin of female proctiger angled when viewed from lateral aspect; proctiger with a prominent sharply-upturned apical hook (
Fig. 135
); host:
A. verticillata
; distribution: southern
Australia
, Tasmania..............................
Ac. verticillatae
sp. nov.
12. Male parameres moderately long, pyriform,
0.18–0.21 mm
(
Fig. 101
); dorso-posterior margin of female proctiger evenly curved to apex when viewed from lateral aspect (
Fig. 102
); host:
A. diminuta
; distribution: central New South
Wales
..........................................................................................
Ac. diminutae
sp. nov.
- Male parameres moderately long, thin,
0.21–0.23 mm
(
Fig. 128
); lateral profile of proctiger rather flat dorsally, angling more abruptly to apex when viewed from lateral aspect (
Fig. 129
); host:
A. muelleriana
; distribution: southern South
Australia
....................................................................................
Ac. muellerianae
sp. nov.