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Issue: Vol. 2221 No. 1: 4 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2221.1.1
Page range: 1–26
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 2

Revision of the Derbidae of Seychelles Islands (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)

NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange Agricultural Institute, ASCU, Forest Road, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia
NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange Agricultural Institute, ASCU, Forest Road, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia University of Sydney - Faculty of Rural Management, Leeds Parade, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia
Ökoteam - Institute for Animal Ecology and Landscape Planning, Bergmanngasse 22, 8010, Graz, Austria
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha taxonomy Cenchreinae Sikaianini Zoraidinae Zoraidini

Abstract

The Derbidae fauna of the Seychelles is revised, providing redescriptions for the following species: Aquaelicium brunnescens Distant, 1917, A. elegantulum Distant, 1917, A. typicum Distant, 1917, Equirria phalaena Distant, 1917, Fordicidia robusta Distant, 1917, Paraphenice aurea (Distant, 1917), P. bimaculata (Distant, 1917), Proutista moesta (Westwood, 1851) and Sikaiana albomaculata (Distant, 1917). A new species, Vekunta bri sp. nov., increases the number of derbid taxa known from the Seychelles to 10 species in 7 genera. Lectotypes are designated for the following species: A. typicum, A. brunnescens, A. elegantulum, F. robusta and S. albomaculata. A key to derbid tribes and species of Seychelles is provided.

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