Limotettix awae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Membracoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha Infraordo: Cicadomorpha Superfamilia: Membracoidea

Familia: Cicadellidae
Subfamilia: Deltocephalinae
Tribus: Limotettigini
Genus: Limotettix
Species: Limotettix awae

Name

• Limotettix awae (Myers, 1924)
  • Authority for current placement: Knight, 1975: 171 ('n.comb.')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original combination: Cicadula awae
  • Original genus: Cicadula
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Knight, 1975: 171
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Southdown, Auckland'
  • NOTE: As discussed by Knight (1975: 173), the original holotype designation is invalid, though 'Southdown, Auckland' can still be taken as the type locality.

References

Primary references

• Knight, W.J. 1975: Deltocephalinae of New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 2(2): 169–208. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1975.9517868 [lectotype designation, see p. 171]
• Myers, J.G. 1924: The Hemiptera of the Chatham Islands. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 2(4): 171–185. BUGZ [first availability, see p. 182 and figs. 7-13]

Additional references

• Larivière, M.-C., Fletcher, M.J. & Larochelle, A. 2010. Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand 63: 1–232. DOI: 10.7931/J2/FNZ.63 . Reference page.  [see p. 58]
• Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page.  [404, listed]