Species Latistria placitus (Van Duzee, 1937)
Compiler and date details
10 January 2014 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Sogata placita Van Duzee, E.P. 1937. The Hemiptera of the Templeton Crocker Expedition to Polynesia in 1934-1935. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 22(4): 111-126 [120].
Type data:
Holotype CAS 4157 ♂ (coll: T. Crocker, 7.xii.1934), Rapa Island, Austral Islands. - Chloriona (Sogatella) euterpe Fennah, R.G. 1956. Homoptera: Fulgoroidea. Insects of Micronesia 6(3): 39–211 [118].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 62139 ♂ (coll: Bohart & Gressitt, v-vi.1945), Pt Oca, Guam, South Mariana Islands.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Fennah, R.G. 1969. Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. Pacific Insects Monographs 21: 1-116 [34] (Synonymy of Chloriona (Sogatella) euterpe)
Generic Combinations
- Sogatodes placitus (Van Duzee, 1937). —
Fennah, R.G. 1969. Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. Pacific Insects Monographs 21: 1-116 [34] - Latistria placitus (Van Duzee, 1937). —
Asche, M. & Wilson, M.R. 1990. The delphacid genus Sogatella and related groups: a revision with special reference to rice-associated species (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Systematic Entomology 15: 1-42 [37]
Introduction
This species was recorded in Australia, from widely separated localities, by Bellis et al. (2013).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Daly Basin (DAB), Sydney Basin (SB), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
- Bellis, G.A., Donaldson, J.F., Quintao, V., Rice, A., Tenakanai, D. & Tran-Nguyen, L. 2013. New records of Delphacini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae) from Australia, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea, and an updated checklist of Delphacini from Australia. Austral Entomology 1–8 [Pagination is from electronic version; print version Austral Entomology (2014) 53, 167–174] [5]
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Macropterous male: vertex one fifth longer than its basal width, very slightly wider at base, extending one third its length beyond the eyes; carinae rather low and flat over the apex; front narrow, sides feebly arcuate from near the base; median carina of front and clypeus low and heavy, pale. Basal segment of antennae longer than wide, II about twice the length of I and much thicker. Pronotum a third wider than head; median carina strong; lateral straight, nearly attaining the feebly emarginate hind margin well laterad of the scutellar carinae. Mesonotum tricarinate, the lateral carinae but slightly divergent posteriorly. Elytra exceeding the abdomen by one third their length; veins distinctly granulate. Hind tibiae bispinose, one basal the other medial; spur cultrate, moderately tectiform, its lower margin closely set with minute black-tipped teeth. Male styles slender, approximate at base, but very feebly curved toward their base, nearly attaining the anal tube. Colour blackish fuscous; a broad dorsal vitta covering the vertex and median area of pro- and mesonotum between the carinae, a slender sutural line on basal two thirds of the clavus and the hind legs, ivory white; anterior and intermediate legs, rostrum, median carina of the front and clypeus, antennal II and extreme tip of I pale ochraceous, the metapleura in part white. Elytra with a whitish area covering most of the first three apical cells and the stigma (Van Duzee 1937).
Diagnosis References
Van Duzee, E.P. 1937. The Hemiptera of the Templeton Crocker Expedition to Polynesia in 1934-1935. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 22(4): 111-126 [120–121]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELPHACIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Jan-2014 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |