Atrapsalta encaustica ( Germar, 1834 ) Owen & Moulds, 2016

Owen, Christopher L. & Moulds, Max S., 2016, Systematics and Phylogeny of the Australian Cicada Genus Pauropsalta Goding and Froggatt, 1904 and Allied Genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini), Records of the Australian Museum 68 (4), pp. 117-200 : 172-173

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.

Figures

Figure 32. Atrapsalta encaustica (A) species distribution map; (B) type specimen male genitalia, lateral view; (C) type specimen male genitalia, ventral view; (D) type specimen aedeagal basal plate; (E) type specimen aedeagus (F) recent A. encaustica specimen male genitalia, lateral view; (G) recent A. encaustica specimen male genitalia, ventral view; (H) recent A. encaustica aedeagus apex end on; (I) recent specimen of A. encaustica aedeagus; (J) recent A. encaustica aedeagus apex end on.