Desudaboides

Constant, Jerome, 2010, Review of the Australian genus Desudaboides Musgrave with descriptions of four new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), Zootaxa 2351, pp. 39-48 : 40

Key to the species of Desudaboides

1. Hind wings red or orange basally ................................................................................................................................. 2

- Hind wings without red or orange marking .................................................................................................................. 3

2. Tegmina, frons, vertex, pro- and mesonotum strongly marked with black spots ( Figs 1I –J ); base of hind wings largely red ( Fig. 1I ) ........................................................................................................................... D. fuscomaculata

- No black spots: tegmina brown variegated with pale yellow, orange and green ( Fig. 1 G ); frons red with carinae brown-green ( Fig. 1H ), vertex and pronotum red; mesonotum red to red-brown; base of hind wings largely orange ( Fig. 1G ) .......................................................................................................................................................... D. rentzi

3. Abdomen with tergites 5–8 red ( Fig. 1A ); 2 small black spots on disc of frons ( Fig. 1 B ) ........................ D. fletcheri

- Abdominal tergites black, frons differently marked ..................................................................................................... 4

4. Disc of frons with large black marking ( Fig. 1F ); base of tegmina rosy ( Fig. 1E ); size less than 24 mm ..................... .................................................................................................................................................................. D. nigrifrons

- Disc of frons without black mark ( Fig. 1D ); base of tegmina brown ( Fig. 1C ); size more than 25 mm ... D. melindae

Figures

FIGURES 1 A – J. Desudaboides: habitus in dorsal view and frons in normal view. A – B, D. fletcheri. C – D, D. melindae. E – F, D. nigrifrons. G – H, D. rentzi. I – J, D. fuscomaculata.