Systematics and Phylogeny of the Australian Cicada Genus Pauropsalta Goding and Froggatt, 1904 and Allied Genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini) Author Owen, Christopher L. Author Moulds, Max S. text Records of the Australian Museum 2016 2016-10-26 68 4 117 200 http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.68.2016.1598 journal article 10.3853/j.2201-4349.68.2016.1598 2201-4349 5238225 FB201E0E-2056-45B2-A1F7-1FF27727024A Atrapsalta encaustica ( Germar, 1834 ) n.comb. Fig. 32 Atrapsalta encaustica Owen et al. , 2015: 260 , nomen nudum . Material examined . NEW SOUTH WALES : Lectotype male, “N.H.” [New Holland ], Moreton Bay Australia etc. [see Ewart 1989 for comments on erroneous Moreton Bay label] ( HOPE ). 1♂ (genitalia prep. 519, molecular voucher 06.AU.NS.DHA.02; GenBank accessions: KM377152 , KM377264 , KM377385 , KM377545 , KM668338 ), Dharawal State Cons. area , Victoria Rd , Wedderburn , 34°09.580'S 150°49.699'E , 284 m , 21.xi.2006 , K. Hill , D. Marshall , D. & S. Emery ; 1♂ (molecular voucher 05.AU.NS.AQP.04), Asquith , edge of Nat. Park , 33°40.882'S 151°06.140'E , 152 m , 5.xii.2005 , Chen , Hill , Marshall , Moulds ; 1♀ (molecular voucher 05.AU.NS.AQP.07), Asquith , edge of Nat.Park , 33°40.882'S 151°06.140'E , 152 m , 5.xii.2005 , Chen , Hill , Marshall , Moulds ; 1♂ (molecular voucher 05.AU.NS.AQP.08), Asquith , edge of Nat.Park , 33°40.882'S 151°06.140'E , 152 m , 5.xii.2005 , Chen , Hill , Marshall , Moulds ; 1♂ (molecular voucher 05.AU.NS.BLP.02), 5.4 km E of Bilpin , near Blue Mts , 11.xii.2005 ; J.H. Chen , M. Moulds ; 1♂ (molecular voucher 11.AU.NS.BLU.01), Blue Mts , above Lithgow , 33°29.278'S 150°11.702'E , 513 m , 25.i.2002 , Cooley , Cowan , Hill , Marshall , Moulds ; 1♂ (molecular voucher 02.AU. NS.BXR.04), NW of Windsor , 1.2 km S of Putty Rd , on Blaxlands Ridge Rd , 124 m , 33°28.210'S 150°47.987', 14.i.2011 , K. Hill , D. Marshall ( AM ). 1♂ (song voucher 11.AU.NS. BRI ), Fairburn Rd , Wedderburn , 34°09.009'S 150°49.789'E , 135 m , 2.i.2011 , K. Hill , D. Marshall ; 1♂ (song voucher 11.AU.NS. ORE ), Mitchell Hwy , 34 km E of Orange , 22 km W of Bathurst , 985 m , 33°25.920'S 149°22.836'E , 13.i.2011 , K. Hill , D. Marshall ; 1♂ (genitalia prep. PAU 486), Kew , near Port Macquarie , 10.i.1972 , M.S. Moulds ; 1♂ (genitalia prep. PAU 139), Cooma , 22.i.1975 , W. Rixon ; 1♂ (genitalia prep. PAU 491), Springwood , 14.xii.1974 , J.V. Peters ( MSM ). Distribution ( Fig. 32 ). New South Wales along the Great Dividing Range south from Ebor ( 1,500 m altitude) almost to the Victorian border around Cooma ( 780 m ) and Bombala ( 680 m ), and subcoastal districts between Port Macquarie and Sydney. It is a common species on the sandstone ridges around Sydney. Adults have been taken from October to January. Habitat . Dry sclerophyll forest or open woodland, often growing on a sandstone substrate and with a heath-like understory. Adults prefer the trunks and larger limbs of Eucalyptus or Angophora where they usually settle on dark surfaces where they are well camouflaged.