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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF90D41228D87964FEF54E52" bold="true" box="[151,374,1285,1311]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Kirbyana australis</emphasis>
(
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF90D41228D87912FED74EC6" bold="true" box="[151,340,1395,1419]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Ptoleria australis</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF90D41228D879F2FEDB4EE6" box="[151,344,1427,1451]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Eucarpia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australi">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF90D41228D879F2FEDB4EE6" bold="true" box="[151,344,1427,1451]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Eucarpia australi</emphasis>
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s
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(Muir),
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: 238
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.
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF90D41228D879D2FE304E87" ID-CoL="3R8D9" authority="Muir" authorityName="Muir" box="[151,435,1459,1483]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis" status="comb. nov.">
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(Muir)
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.
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<typeStatus id="1428D39DFF90D41228D87999FF634D5F" box="[151,224,1528,1554]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Types</typeStatus>
.
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<typeStatus id="1428D39DFF90D41228A07998FEE24D5F" box="[239,353,1529,1554]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
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3 (here designated, examined),
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<collectingCountry id="B3842DAFFF90D4122AAE7999FC0C4D5F" box="[737,911,1528,1554]" name="Australia" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">AUSTRALIA</collectingCountry>
, Qld
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: Cairns,
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(Perkins &amp; Koebele) (BPBM).
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Notes: The original description leaves open whether further
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specimens exist although it is unlikely because a single measurement instead of a range is given for the body length and the length of the tegmen by
<bibRefCitation id="AF0210CEFF90D41228D87AEFFEAE4DE5" author="Muir" box="[151,301,1678,1704]" pageId="13" pageNumber="31" refString="Muir, F. (1913) On some new Fulgoroidea. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2, 237 - 269." type="journal article" year="1913">Muir (1913)</bibRefCitation>
. Nevertheless, the specimen is recognised as a
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because of the possibility of additional specimens and is hereby designated as
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to provide a diagnostic reference for the species.
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Other material examined.
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, NT
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: 1 Ƥ, 16 ml. W. of Humpty Doo,
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(I. F. B. Common) (
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).
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Vertex, pronotum and mesonutm with percurrent, parallel-sided, pale yellow stripe. Between stripe and lateral carinae, pro- and mesonotum brown. Frons mid brown speckled with small pale dots. Forewings hyaline light brown or mid brown with scattered darker marks, veins light brown, tubercles mid brown, pterostigma light brown. Abdomen light to mid brown, legs light brown.
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF90D412288B7BD9FEE74C9F" bold="true" box="[196,356,1976,2002]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Morphology.</emphasis>
Body length: 3
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; Ƥ
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.
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF93D41128D87BD8FE994C9C" bold="true" box="[151,282,1977,2001]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF93D411296F7BD8FE6A4C9D" box="[288,489,1977,2000]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Kirbyana australis</emphasis>
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: A, B habitus lateral (B holotype); C forewing; D dorsum (holotype); E face (holotype); F head lateral (holotype). Scalebar 1 mm applies to figure A.
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Head: Vertex 1.71.8 times wider than long; with anterior margin angulately emarginate; median carina covering entire length of vertex; lateral carinae slightly elevated. Frons 0.91.0 times as long as wide; frons invisible in dorsal view; maximum width of frons less than
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apical width; median carina incomplete, covering more than 3/4 of length of frons; lateral carinae slightly elevated. Frontoclypeal suture distinctly semicircular, bent upwards, median part not reaching lower margin of antennal scape. Lateral carinae of anteclypeus well developed. Rostrum distinctly surpassing hind coxae.
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Thorax: Forewing 3.0 times longer than wide; with MP joining CuA directly without crossvein MP-CuA; with 1927 tubercles on costa; Sc+R fused, forming common stem Sc+R, M emerging separately from basal cell or Sc+R+M fused, forming very short common stem; Sc+R forking distinctly basad of fork CuA1+CuA2; position of crossvein R-M at same level as fork MA-MP;
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apically bifid; MA apically trifid; apical cells 10.
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Male genitalia: Anal tube (
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B, C), triangular in dorsal view; with very large apical lobes in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="53A871BAFF92D41028AC7E53FEBF4901" box="[227,316,562,588]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="27.[151,255,787,811]" captionTargetBox="[555,1033,313,750]" captionTargetId="figure@27.[547,1040,306,766]" captionTargetPageId="27" captionText="FIGURE 16. Kirbyana australis: A aedeagus right lateral (damaged) (holotype); B, C anal tube (holotype); D, E genital styles (holotype)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/194616/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
C). Genital styles (
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D, E) with inner side of basal arm bearing small tooth (
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D). Ventromedian process circular (
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D). Aedeagus (damaged) as in
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A. Phallotheca ventrally with spine (a) inserting near apex of aedeagus (this spine appears to have been much longer, but being broken off). Flagellum with very long spine (b).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="83893EB4FF92D410288B7EA6FB694CDF" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D410288B7EA6FEC049AC" bold="true" box="[196,323,711,737]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Remarks.</emphasis>
The poor condition of the only known male specimen of
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102C557EA9FA8549AC" box="[1050,1286,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(body parts carrying important diagnostic features such as antennae, hind tarsi, one hind wing and parts of one forewing are missing) complicates the search for a suitable genus for this taxon.
<bibRefCitation id="AF0210CEFF92D4102C727F73FB794861" author="Fennah" box="[1085,1274,786,812]" pageId="15" pageNumber="30" refString="Fennah, R. G. (1980) The genus Bajauana and two allied new genera in New Guinea (Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae). Pacific Insects, 22, 237 - 328." type="journal article" year="1980">Fennah (1980)</bibRefCitation>
provided an identification key to the genera of the
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102A357F59FD75481C" box="[634,758,824,849]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Eucarpia</emphasis>
group. In order to key to
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102C797F59FB2B481C" box="[1078,1192,824,849]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Eucarpia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the forewing of the specimen needs to have crossvein MP-CuA (=M3+4-Cu1a) at least as long as vein MP (=M3+4) from M fork to this crossvein and about as long as crossvein R-M. However, in the
<typeStatus id="1428D39DFF92D4102BF57FE4FC6E48D2" box="[954,1005,901,927]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">type</typeStatus>
specimen of
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102CC37FE7FAE948D2" box="[1164,1386,902,927]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
MP joins CuA directly without the presence of a crossvein MP-CuA. Therefore, and based on the following reason, placement of this species in
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102A707FB1FD2D48A4" box="[575,686,976,1001]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
seems more appropriate.
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D4102B927FB1FB3948A4" box="[989,1210,976,1001]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102B927FB1FB3948A4" box="[989,1210,976,1001]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
matches important diagnostic features listed in descriptions of
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D4102AEA7F97FC954F42" box="[677,790,1014,1039]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102AEA7F97FC954F42" box="[677,790,1014,1039]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and Fennahs (1980) identification key such as: head including eyes slightly narrower than pronotum; vertex in profile horizontal, in same line as thorax, meeting frons abruptly rectangulately; frons somewhat longer than broad; frons with median carina; frons with anterior margin angularly indented or transverse; frons widest below level of antennae; pronotum very narrow, scarcely half as long as vertex; mesonotum nearly twice as long as pronotum and vertex together; forewing with apical margin slightly convex; hindwing with simple R; absence of lateral spines on hind tibia. In his key to the genera of the
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D4102A4D78B4FDE54FA2" box="[514,614,1237,1263]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Cixiidae</taxonomicName>
of Australasia (adapted from Muir)
<bibRefCitation id="AF0210CEFF92D4102C5A78B4FB424FA2" author="Fennah" box="[1045,1217,1237,1263]" pageId="15" pageNumber="30" refString="Fennah, R. G. (1980) The genus Bajauana and two allied new genera in New Guinea (Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae). Pacific Insects, 22, 237 - 328." type="journal article" year="1980">Fennah (1980)</bibRefCitation>
uses the character state “Vertex distinctly angulately emarginate at apex” to discriminate
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102BA5789AFBD84E59" box="[1002,1115,1275,1300]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from other related genera.
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D41028D87941FEFA4E74" box="[151,377,1312,1337]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D41028D87941FEFA4E74" box="[151,377,1312,1337]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shows this angulate emargination, though not as pronounced as e.g. in Distants (1906) illustration of
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D41029087927FD9D4E12" box="[327,542,1350,1375]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana pagana</emphasis>
(Melichar)
</taxonomicName>
. Tsaur &amp; Hsus (2003) description of the genus lists, “vertex transverse or incised in middle”. In the
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specimen of
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102B1A790AFBB94EC9" box="[853,1082,1387,1412]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana australis</emphasis>
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a parallel-sided, pale yellow stripe runs throughout the vertex, pronotum and mesonotum. Outside this stripe (delimited by the lateral carinae of the mesonotum) the pro- and mesonotum is coloured brown. This distinct colour pattern has been recorded from at least four of the six species currently placed in
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D4102BC479BAFC794EB9" box="[907,1018,1499,1524]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102BC479BAFC794EB9" box="[907,1018,1499,1524]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D4102C4779BAFB674EB9" box="[1032,1252,1499,1524]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102C4779BAFB674EB9" box="[1032,1252,1499,1524]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, however, does not display the percurrent dark brown stripes along the outer surface of the hind tibiae as observed in some species of
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D41029567A47FE084D72" box="[281,395,1574,1599]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D41029567A47FE084D72" box="[281,395,1574,1599]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, such as
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D41029B17A47FDF74D72" box="[510,628,1574,1599]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">K. javana</emphasis>
Muir
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D4102A867A47FC3A4D72" authority="Tsaur &amp; Hsu" authorityName="Tsaur &amp; Hsu" box="[713,953,1573,1599]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lini">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102A867A47FC954D72" box="[713,790,1574,1599]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">K. lini</emphasis>
Tsaur &amp; Hsu
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D4102B847A47FBC84D72" box="[971,1099,1574,1599]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pagana">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102B847A47FBC84D72" box="[971,1099,1574,1599]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">K. pagana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D4102CC87A47FF6B4D29" authority="Muir. Fennah (1980)" authorityName="Muir. Fennah" authorityYear="1980" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pratti">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102CC87A47FB734D72" box="[1159,1264,1574,1599]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">K. pratti</emphasis>
Muir.
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</taxonomicName>
and
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list the character state frons usually speckled with small pale spots. This feature is present in
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D41029C47A11FD944DC4" box="[395,535,1648,1673]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D41029C47A11FD944DC4" box="[395,535,1648,1673]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">K. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The most striking feature, however, is the similarity in the venation of the forewing between
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D410293D7AF7FE7F4DE2" box="[370,508,1686,1711]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">K. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and some other
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102AF07AF7FCAD4DE2" box="[703,814,1686,1711]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species.
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and
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use the length of the crossvein MP-CuA (=M3+4Cu1a) in relation to the length of other crossveins as a character to differentiate between certain genera of the
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D4102AD37A82FC8A4DB1" box="[668,777,1763,1788]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Eucarpia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102AD37A82FC8A4DB1" box="[668,777,1763,1788]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Eucarpia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group. On the forewings of the male
<typeStatus id="1428D39DFF92D4102C9D7A82FA874DB0" box="[1234,1284,1763,1789]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">type</typeStatus>
specimen of
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D41028D87B68FEAC4C6F" box="[151,303,1801,1826]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D41028D87B68FEA84C6F" box="[151,299,1801,1826]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis">K. australis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
MP joins CuA directly without the presence of a crossvein MPCuA. This situation is also represented in Distants (1906; 1916) drawings of
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D4102B547B4FFC1C4C0A" box="[795,927,1838,1863]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pagana">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102B547B4FFC1C4C0A" box="[795,927,1838,1863]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">K. pagana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102B917B4FFBD54C0A" box="[990,1110,1838,1863]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">K. deusta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In Tsaur &amp; Hsu's (2003) illustration of
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D410290E7B32FE474C21" box="[321,452,1875,1900]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D410290E7B32FE434C21" box="[321,448,1875,1900]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pagana">K. pagana</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
a very short crossvein MP-CuA is present. This situation of an extremely short or missing crossvein MP-CuA may be a unique feature of
<taxonomicName id="0C9316BCFF92D4102B6C7B18FC114CDF" box="[803,914,1913,1938]" class="Insecta" family="Cixiidae" genus="Kirbyana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102B6C7B18FC114CDF" box="[803,914,1913,1938]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Kirbyana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within the
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<emphasis id="F9E7B12DFF92D4102C6F7B18FB0E4CDF" box="[1056,1165,1913,1938]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Eucarpia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group.
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