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Shedding light on J acobi's types whilst discovering new species: a taxonomic revision of L eptolamia M etcalf, 1936 ( H emiptera: F ulgoromorpha: C ixiidae)
Author(s) -
Löcker Birgit
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
austral entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2052-1758
pISSN - 2052-174X
DOI - 10.1111/aen.12092
Subject(s) - biology , planthopper , hemiptera , botany , taxonomy (biology) , key (lock) , zoology , ecology
Abstract The A ustralian endemic planthopper genus L eptolamia is revised taxonomically. Lectotypes are designated for A ustraloma praetextata J acobi, 1928, A ustraloma praetextata var. obscura J acobi, 1928 and L eptochlamys compressa K irkaldy, 1907, and the former two are synonymised as L eptolamia praetextata ( J acobi). Thirteen new species of L eptolamia are described: L eptolamia absona sp. nov., L . bunyaensis sp. nov., L . bifurcata sp. nov., L . conicula sp. nov., L . contraria sp. nov., L . glaciata sp. nov., L . gloriosa sp. nov., L . jacobii sp. nov., L . juliae sp. nov., L . kulija sp. nov., L . lunata sp. nov., L . radicula sp. nov. and L . sonjae sp. nov. All species are described/redescribed and illustrated. Identification keys to species are provided and host plant information given, where available.