Platybrachys ornata ( Lallemand, 1928 ) Constant, 2018

Constant, Jérôme, 2018, Revision of the Eurybrachidae XIV. The Australian genera Olonia Stål, 1862 and Stalobrachys gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha), European Journal of Taxonomy 486, pp. 1-97 : 90

Platybrachys ornata ( Lallemand, 1928) comb. nov.

Fig. 56

Olonia ornata Lallemand, 1928: 393 (described).

Olonia ornata – Metcalf 1956: 65 (catalogued).

Material examined

Holotype

AUSTRALIA • ♀; Northern Territory, Hermansburg ; “Hermansburg, N.T., S. Australia, H.J. Hillier. 1907 – 233 .”, “Type”, “ Olonia ornata Lallemand , Type, dét. V. Lallemand 19”, “10”; BMNH.

Remarks

The species is known from a single female and the key to the genera proposed by Fennah (1964) leads to the genus Platybrachys Stål, 1859 . It is quite similar to P. leucostigma ( Walker, 1851) (illustrations of the latter species available in Hacker 1924: fig. 14) by showing an apical white border on the posterior wings and numerous elongate cells in the costal area. The species is here transferred to Platybrachys , although it is obvious that a complete revision of the genus will be necessary ( Constant 2008a).

Figures

Fig. 56. Platybrachys ornata (Lallemand, 1928) comb. nov., holotype, ♀. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Habitus, normal view of frons. D. Labels.