A new genus and twenty new species of Australian jumping plant-lice (Psylloidea: Triozidae) from Eremophila and Myoporum (Scrophulariaceae: Myoporeae)
Author
Taylor, Gary S.
Author
Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P.
Author
Austin, Andy D.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4073
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1
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journal article
37193
10.11646/zootaxa.4073.1.1
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Key to new species of
Myotrioza
from
Eremophylla
and
Myoporum
(
Scrophulariaceae
:
Myoporeae
)
(This key is intended to identify a series containing reliably associated males and females, as determined from multiple specimens with similar appearance from unique date, locality and host data).
1. Fore wing veins R+M+Cu, R and/or R1 pigmented slightly to distinctly darker than other wing veins (see
Figs 33–34
)...... 2
- Fore wing veins equally pigmented (see
Figs 53–54
).......................................................... 7
2. Fore wing vein Rs about same length to little shorter (0.90–0.97 times) than vein M (
Figs 25–26
); female with dorsal medial pale marking on thorax and submedial pale markings on abdomen (
Fig. 20
); male uniformly brown dorsally with pale ventral abdomen (
Fig. 21
)...................................................................
M. desertorum
sp. nov.
- Fore wing vein Rs considerably shorter (0.63–0.87) than vein M (see
Figs 33–34
).................................. 3
3. Apex of fore wing distinctly pointed; medial cell much shorter than cubital cell (
Figs 33–34
,
121–122
).................. 4
- Apex of fore wing rounded; medial cell about same size as cubital cell (see
Figs 148–149
)............................ 5
4. Antennae considerably shorter (0.68–0.80 times) than width of head (
Figs 31–32
); both sexes uniformly brown (
Figs 27–28
).......................................................................................
M. eremi
sp. nov.
- Antennae about same or a little shorter (0.83–1.08 times) than width of head (
Figs 119–120
); female brown dorsally with pale medial marking on abdomen (
Fig. 116
); male dark brown to black dorsally (
Fig. 115
)...........
M. markmitchelli
sp. nov.
5. Antennal segments 3 and 4 distinctly swollen to bear supernumerary rhinaria (
Fig. 137
); rhinaria on antennal segment 3 greater than 20; male black dorsally with ventral abdomen pale (
Fig. 199
); female pale with brown markings (
Fig. 200
)..............................................................................................
M. serrulatae
sp. nov.
- Supernumerary rhinaria on antennal segment 3 less than 8..................................................... 6
6. Antennal segments 3 and 4 slightly swollen to bear supernumerary rhinaria (
Figs 95–96
); 4–7 rhinaria on antennal segment 3, 3–5 on antennal segment 4; male dark brown to black (
Fig. 91
); female yellow-brown (
Fig. 92
)........
M. interioris
sp. nov.
- Antennal segments 3 and 4 not swollen (
Figs 146–147
); 2 rhinaria on each of antennal segments 3 and 4; both sexes pale brown with brown markings..............................................................
M. myopori
sp. nov.
7. General colour pale yellow brown with abdominal membrane colouration green (
Figs 71–72
); female terminalia truncate, pale yellow (
Figs 43
,
90
)................................................................................... 8
- General colour yellow brown with brown markings and abdominal membrane colouration pale yellow-brown (
Figs 160–161
); female terminalia truncate to elongate, yellow-brown with brown markings (
Figs 134–135
)........................... 9
8. Body size small (BL vertex to apex of folded wings: ♂ less than
2.8 mm
, ♀ less than
3.4 mm
) (
Figs 3–6
); on
Myoporum platycarpum
, inland distribution..........................................................
M. clementsiana
sp. nov.
- Body size larger (BL vertex to apex of folded wings: ♂ greater than
3.7 mm
, ♀ greater than 4.0 mm) (
Figs 71–74
); on
Myoporum insularis
, coastal distribution.........................................................
M. insularis
sp. nov.
9. Female proctiger with a subterminal field of hooked setae (
Figs 138–139
)........................................ 10
- Female proctiger without hooked setae (
Figs 140–141
,
183, 185
)............................................... 18
10. Female proctiger with subterminal dense field of sclerotised hooked setae (
Figs 139
,
182
)........................... 11
- Female proctiger with subterminal sparse field of unsclerotised, weakly hooked setae (
Figs 138
,
184
).................. 13
11. Fore wing vein Rs about same length to little shorter (0.86–1.00 times) than vein M (
Figs 17–18
); female valvula ventralis strongly curved, proctiger short convex with weak terminal hook from lateral aspect (
Fig. 44
); male aedeagus long, thin, paramere pyriform with narrowly pointed apex (
Figs 37–38
)................................
M. darwinensis
sp. nov.
- Fore wing vein Rs considerably shorter (0.74–0.87) than vein M (
Figs 61–62
); male and female terminalia otherwise..... 12
12. Female valvula ventralis strongly curved, proctiger short with flat posterior margin with pointed terminal apex from lateral aspect (
Fig. 88
); male aedeagus long, thin, paramere triangular with sharply pointed apex (
Figs 81–82
).....................................................................................................
M. flindersiana
sp. nov.
- Female valvula ventralis weakly curved, proctiger short convex with pointed terminal apex from lateral aspect (
Fig. 222
); male aedeagus short, paramere pyriform with broadly rounded apex (
Figs 217–218
)...................
M. telowiensis
sp. nov.
13.
Hind
tibia short (TL: ♂ less than
0.32 mm
, ♀ less than
0.36 mm
); female proctiger with high profile from lateral aspect (
Figs 89
,
134
,
184
)........................................................................................ 14
-
Hind
tibia long (TL: ♂ greater than
0.35 mm
, ♀ greater than
0.35 mm
); female proctiger with low profile from lateral aspect (
Figs 87
,
135
,
220
)................................................................................... 16
14. Posterior margin of female proctiger flat from lateral aspect, without upturned apical hook (
Fig. 134
); male proctiger with dorsal lobe, paramere pyriform with pointed apex (
Figs 127–128
)................................
M. interstantis
sp. nov.
- Posterior margin of female proctiger with rounded subterminal expansion from lateral aspect, with upturned apical process; ventral margin of subgenital plate straight; male proctiger with dorsal lobe, paramere triangular with pointed apex....... 15
15. Upturned apical process of female proctiger short, arising close to rounded subterminal expansion (
Fig. 89
); habitus small (BL vertex to apex of folded wings: ♂ less than
2.2 mm
, ♀ less than
2.7 mm
) (
Figs 63–66
); on
Eremophila scoparia
, inland SA...................................................................................
M. gawlerensis
sp. nov.
- Upturned apical process of female proctiger longer, arising further from rounded subterminal expansion (
Fig. 184
); habitus larger (BL vertex to apex of folded wings: ♂ greater than
2.3 mm
, ♀ greater than
2.8 mm
) (
Figs 158–161
); on
Eremophila pantonii
, inland WA......................................................................
M. pantonii
sp. nov.
16. Female proctiger short, evenly rounded from lateral aspect, valvula ventralis weakly curved (
Figs 135
,
138
); male proctiger conoid, paramere pyriform with curved setae on posterior margin (
Figs 129–130
).................
M. longifoliae
sp. nov.
- Posterior margin of female proctiger relatively flat from lateral aspect with rounded subterminal expansion and pointed apex (
Figs 87
,
219
)...................................................................................... 17
17. Female subgenital plate with concave ventral margin from lateral aspect, distinctly pointed, valvula ventralis weakly curved (
Fig. 87
); male proctiger conoid, paramere pyriform with broadly rounded apex (
Figs 79–80
).......
M. eremophili
sp. nov.
- Female subgenital plate with convex ventral margin from lateral aspect, valvula ventralis evenly curved, bow-shaped (
Fig. 219
); male terminalia similar to
Figs 213–214
.................................................
M. remota
sp. nov.
18. Female proctiger short, evenly rounded from lateral aspect, valvula ventralis weakly curved (
Fig. 185
); male proctiger conoid, paramere broadly pyriform (
Figs 180–181
)................................................
M. platycarpi
sp. nov.
- Female proctiger elongate with prominent subapical lobe, valvula ventralis evenly curved, bow-shaped (
Figs 140
,
183
,
220
); male proctiger with lateral lobes distinctly triangular in lateral profile with a row of long setae on dorsal margin, paramere elongate, aedeagus extremely long, thin (
Figs 176–177
,
213–214
).............................................. 19
19. Subapical lobe of female proctiger distinctly overhanging apex, apices of proctiger and subgenital plate heavily sclerotised, acicular (
Figs 140
,
183
); male paramere elongate with prominent subapical lobe on anterior margin (
Figs 176–177
).........................................................................................
M. oppositifoliae
sp. nov.
- Subapical lobe of female proctiger barely overhanging apex, apices of proctiger and subgenital plate weakly sclerotised, pointed (
Fig. 220
); male paramere elongate, thin with pointed apex (
Figs 213–214
)................
M. scopariae
sp. nov.