Scytocera Redtenbacher, 1891
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2221.1.5 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5333305 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F52F865A-FF82-FFA3-FF26-F1C8FC9DF9EA |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Scytocera Redtenbacher, 1891 |
status |
|
Scytocera Redtenbacher, 1891 View in CoL
Scytocera prasinus Karny 1921 View in CoL was described from the Endeavour River, Queensland, Australia in Dicranocercus Redtenbacher 1891 View in CoL , the type species of which is D. niger Redtenbacher 1891 View in CoL by original monotypy. D. prasinus View in CoL is misplaced in Scytocera View in CoL which includes very dissimilar species, none of which occur in or near Australia. There is no described genus which could accommodate D. prasinus View in CoL and I propose Goodangarkia Rentz View in CoL gen. nov., derived from an aboriginal word for Cape York, feminine gender. The type species is here designated as Dicranocercus prasinus Redtenbacher 1891 View in CoL . This genus comprises two known species, both from the northern portion of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland and adjacent islands. Both are richly green with highly distinctive markings. S. prasinus View in CoL is fully winged with the tegmina and wings slightly surpassing the apex of the abdomen. The second species is brachypterous, with the male tegmina only slightly longer than the length of the pronotum. This species will be described at a later date. Male and female genitalia and titillators are species distinctive. The ovipositor is sickle-shaped and shorter than the length of the hind femur but longer than the length of the pronotum.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
Kingdom |
|
Phylum |
|
Class |
|
Order |
|
Family |
Scytocera Redtenbacher, 1891
Rentz, D. C. F. 2009 |
Goodangarkia
Rentz 2009 |
Scytocera prasinus
Karny 1921 |
D. prasinus
Karny 1921 |
D. prasinus
Karny 1921 |
Dicranocercus
Redtenbacher 1891 |
D. niger
Redtenbacher 1891 |
Scytocera
Redtenbacher 1891 |
Dicranocercus prasinus
Redtenbacher 1891 |
S. prasinus
Redtenbacher 1891 |