Orinda (Scapulorinda) scapularis ( Jacobi, 1928 )

Constant, Jérôme & Semeraro, Linda, 2023, The Australian issid planthopper genus Orinda Kirkaldy, 1907: New subgenera, new species, host plant and identification key (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 891, pp. 128-150 : 145-147

Orinda (Scapulorinda) scapularis ( Jacobi, 1928)

Figs 6 , 11–12

Tetrica scapularis Jacobi, 1928: 12 (described), fig. 5 (tegmen).

Orinda scapularis – Gnezdilov & Fletcher 2010 (transferred to Orinda ): figs 10 (syntype, habitus), 21 (posterior wing).

Diagnosis

Only species in the subgenus Scapulorinda subgen. nov., which can be separated from all other species of Orinda by the characters of the subgenus.

Material examined

Syntype AUSTRALIA • sex unknown; examined from photographs in Gnezdilov & Fletcher (2010: figs 10, 21); Queensland, Bellenden Ker ; no date; leg. Mjöberg; NHRS .

Additional material

AUSTRALIA • 1 ♀; Queensland, Lake Eacham ; 17°17′10″ S, 145°37′45″ E; 6 May 2022; alt. 790 m; J. Constant and L. Semeraro leg.; Leopold III Funds Expedition; QM .

Biology

The specimen from Lake Eacham was collected by sweeping dense bushes around the car park near the lake ( Fig. 12 ); other specimens were previously collected at a light trap in Malanda ( Gnezdilov & Fletcher 2010).

Distribution

Australia, N Queensland: Bellenden Ker, Malanda and Lake Eacham ( Fig. 6 ).

Figures

Fig. 6. Orinda spp., distribution map.

Fig. 11. Orinda (Scapulorinda) scapularis (Jacobi, 1928), ♀ (QM). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Habitus, lateral view. D. Posterior wing. E. Habitus, anterolateral view. F. Habitus, perpendicular view of frons. G. Left posterior leg, apical half of tibia and tarsus, ventral view.

Fig. 12. Habitat of Orinda (Scapulorinda) scapularis (Jacobi, 1928), Lake Eacham car park, 6 May 2022.