Distantasca smithi ( Fletcher & Donaldson, 1992 ) Fletcher & Donaldson, 1992

Liu, Yang, Fletcher, Murray J. & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2014, Reinstatement of Distantasca Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) as a valid genus with new species and new combinations, Zootaxa 3869 (1) : -

Distantasca smithi ( Fletcher & Donaldson, 1992) , n. comb.

( Figs 1–6 , 25, 28, 31 )

Empoasca (Empoasca) smithi Fletcher & Donaldson, 1992: 183 –186

Type materials. Australia: holotype (examined): ♂, Queensland: Mundubbera, 1.iii.1989, coll. D. Smith, ex Citrus ( ASCU); paratypes (examined): 3 ♀♀, same data as holotype

Distribution. Australia (Queensland).

Note. The anal tube appendages of Distantasca smithi are well developed and the long and narrow subgenital plates have macrosetae reaching the tip of the plate ( Figs 1–2 ). The setae of group group D are divided into two bands one near the mid-length of the plate and one just before the apex and are elongate and hairlike setae ( Fig 1 ). This is a diagnostic feature of Distantasca and consequently this species is transferred from Empoasca (Empoasca) into the genus Distantasca . The narrow, constricted stem of the connective is also characteristic of Distantasca although it is narrower in D. smithi than in other known members of the genus.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Distantasca smithi, 1, male pygofer, lateral view; 2, male pygofer, lateral view; 3, aedeagus, ventral view; 4, aedeagus, lateral view; 5, connective and paramere; 6, anal tube appendage.

FIGURES 25 – 33. Distantasca smithi: 25, head and thorax; 28, whole body, lateral view; 31, whole body, dorsal view. Distantasca longihamatilis: 26, head and thorax; 29, whole body, lateral view; 32, whole body, dorsal view. Distantasca ricina: 27, head and thorax; 30, whole body, lateral view; 33, whole body, dorsal view.