Kirkaldy 1907 : 53 Hishimonus melaleucae (Kirkaldy) Evans 1966 : 236 A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species Fletcher, Murray J. Dai, Wu Zootaxa 2018 2018-02-27 4387 2 310 330 8RHZH (Kirkaldy) Fletcher & Dai 2018 Fletcher & Dai 1907 [151,594,829,855] Insecta Cicadellidae Austrimonus GBIF Animalia Hemiptera 2 312 Arthropoda species melaleucae comb. nov.     Eutettix melaleucae  Kirkaldy 1907: 53    Hishimonus melaleucae(Kirkaldy),  Evans 1966: 236  Lectotype, male (examined), designated by Fletcher & Condello 1993: 45, Bundaberg, Qld, ix–xii.1904(BPBM).     Materialexamined.QUEENSLAND: 4 males, Ingham, Qld,  15.iii.1961, K.L.S. Harvey, light trap( ANIC);  1 male, same data as previous but  20.iv.1961( ANIC);  1 male, Crystal Creek, 23 mi. SSE of Ingham, 18°58’05”S 146°16’E  9.xii.1968, Britton & Misko, at light ( ANIC);  1 male, Brisbane,  vi.1904( BPBM); 1 male, Dunwich area, Stradbroke Island, 24–26.ix.1985, at light (QDPI);  2 females, paralectotypes, same data as lectotype but “coll. Koebele” ( BPBM).   Description.Head and body (Figs 1, 2) pale testaceous with brown flecking. Vertex (Fig. 2) with indistinct, narrow, transverse band subapically which lacks brown flecking, occipital suture dark brown. Tegmen (Fig. 1) whitish with brown flecking, veins pale brown, claval suture sometimes yellowish. Genitalia. Male: Subgenital plate ( Fig. 21B) tapering into apical finger-like process. Parameres ( Fig. 21C) each with preapical lobe well developed; apical process with preapical tooth. Connective ( Fig. 21E) long with arms about as long as stem. Aedeagal shafts in posterior aspect ( Fig. 21F) broadly divergent at base and evenly curved dorsally and of even width to gonopore, bearing narrow, bifurcated apical process directed dorsomedially; in lateral view ( Fig. 21D) curved basally, then more or less straight. Basal apodeme ( Fig. 21D) short, blunt apically. Female: Apical margin of pregenital sternite ( Fig. 31A) transverse with medial section extended slightly posteriorly and shallowly concave.   Comments.This species was omitted from Knight’s (1970a) revision of the genus  Hishimonuson the basis that he did not have representative material. It is possible, however, that he recognised that the species did not fit into the genus as he had defined it. The species is reasonably well represented in collections and distributed through much of coastal Queensland. It is frequently found on species of  MelaleucaL. (Fam. Myrtaceae) which appear to be its natural host. 1828872878 [199,1411,1069,1094] 1961-03-15 ANIC K. L. S. Harvey Material 2 312 4 4 1828872942 1961-04-20 ANIC K. L. S. Harvey Material 2 312 1 1 1828872936 1968-12-09 ANIC -18.968056 Crystal Creek 875 146.26666 Ingham 2 312 1 1 1828872872 [778,1172,1141,1166] 1904-06 BPBM Brisbane 2 312 1 1 1828872877 1904-06 BPBM Koebele Brisbane 2 312 2 2 paralectotype