Taxonomic revision of the Australian Eucarpiini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of nine new species
Author
Löcker, Birgit
Author
Fletcher, Murray J.
Author
Gurr, Geoff M.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2425
1
31
journal article
48345
10.5281/zenodo.194600
e82c67cc-8d49-49bd-a0cd-d64b2bda9aec
1175-5326
194600
Genus
Kirbyana
Distant, 1906
Kirbya
Melichar, 1903
: 37
. preoccupied by
Kirbya
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera)
.
Kirbyana
Distant, 1906
: 262
,
nom. nov.
for
Kirbya
Melichar 1903
.
Kirbyella
Kirkaldy, 1906
: 248
, unnecessary
nom. nov.
for
Kirbya
Melichar
, synonymised by
Distant, 1916
: 37
.
Saccharias
Kirkaldy, 1907
: 125
, synonymised by
Fennah, 1980
: 239
.
Commolenda
Distant, 1911
: 741
, synonymised by
Fennah, 1978
: 211
.
Morphology.
Head: Head including eyes slightly narrower than pronotum. Vertex in profile horizontal, in same line as thorax, meeting frons abruptly rectangulately; subapical carina absent. Frons somewhat longer than broad; median carina present; anterior margin angularly emarginate or transverse; position of maximum width of frons more or less around centre of frontoclypeal suture. Median ocellus absent. Subapical segment of rostrum 2.8 times longer than apical segment.
Thorax: Pronotum very narrow, scarcely half as long as vertex. Mesonotum nearly twice as long as pronotum and vertex together. Hindwing with simple Radius.
Hind
leg: tibia without lateral spines.
Hind
leg: tibia with 6 apical teeth (innermost tooth smallest and least sclerotised).
Female genitalia: Ovipositor elongate, orthopteroid, slightly curved upwards, just reaching anal style; 8th sternite medially very long, slightly bent dorsad, posterior margin u-shaped; anal segment rectangular (wider than long) in dorsal view; anal style much longer than wide; 9th tergite without wax plates.
Remarks.
The information provided by
Tsaur & Hsu (2003)
about a median ocellus in
Kirbyana
is conflicting. In the identification key, the character state “median ocellus present" is used to differentiate
Kirbyana
from
Neocarpia
and
Eucarpia
(the latter two listed under “median ocellus absent”). However, in the generic description of
Kirbyana
it says “Median ocellus absent”. The same state is also provided in the generic descriptions of
Neocarpia
and
Eucarpia
.
Other descriptions of
Kirbyana
or species currently recognised in
Kirbyana
do not explicitly mention the presence or absence of a median ocellus but it is assumed it would have been mentioned had there been one present, i.e. since some of the descriptions note that the ocelli are located near the eyes and others give detailed descriptions of the shape and colour of the face. The use of this feature by
Tsaur and Hsu (2003)
in their key to genera is in error since all three genera appear to lack a median ocellus.