Species Nemetor sabinus Fennah, 1969
Compiler and date details
10 January 2014 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Nemetor sabinus Fennah, R.G. 1969. Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. Pacific Insects Monographs 21: 1-116 [42].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM 7662 ♂ (coll: C.M. Yoshimoto & N.L.H. Krauss, ii.1963), Tao, New Caledonia.
Introduction
This species, described from New Caledonia, was recorded from the Northern Territory and far northern Western Australia, by Bellis et al. (2013). In the same work, Queensland was also listed but no details were provided for specimens from that State.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, WA: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
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
Male. Vertex shorter medially than broad at base, obtusely rounding into frons, about as wide at apex as at base, lateral margins straight or shallowly concave, apical margin truncate, with united submedian carinae a little prominent, Y-shaped carina rather weak, submedian carinae uniting at apex of vertex, basal compartment of vertex wider at hind margin than greatest length, and than median length; frons in middle line longer than wide at widest part, widest at 1/3 from base, lateral margins convex, median carina simple; clypeus at base distinctly wider than frons at apex, postclypeal disc a little shorter than broad at base, in profile almost straight, anteclypeus in profile shallowly convex; entire clypeus in profile shallowly convex; rostrum just reaching to post-trochanter, apical segment about as long as subapical; antennae extending beyond frontoclypeal suture, basal segment longer than broad, 2nd segment longer than 1st; ocelli small. Pronotum with disc shorter in middle line than broad at anterior margin, lateral carinae straight, not nearly attaining hind margin. total length of mesonotum greater than that of scutellum, post-tibial spur with 15 or 16 teeth. Fuscous; antennae, rostrum, legs, posterior margin of pronotum and of mesonotum narrowly, stramineous. Tegmina hyaline, lightly infuscate except in cell Sc and cell R, veins fuscous. Wings hyaline with fuscous veins. Anal segment of male short, ring-like, lateroapical angles not clearly defined and not produced. Pygofer rather short, posterior opening longer dorsoventrally than broad, dorsolateral angles not at all produced, diaphragm very broad, with dorsal margin concave, devoid of ornamentation, medioventral process absent. Aedeagus moderately long, slender, shallowly sinuate, a slender spinose process arising on left at about 1/5 before apex, directed to left then curving cephalad. Genital styles moderately long, each broad at base, then abruptly narrowing to near middle, then parallel-sided, finally curved mesad and tapering to acuminate apex. Length: 1.5 mm, tegmen, 2.0 mm (Fennah 1969).
Diagnosis References
Fennah, R.G. 1969. Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. Pacific Insects Monographs 21: 1-116 [42–43]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELPHACIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Jan-2014 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |