NOTUCHUS HOWENSIS SP. N. (HOMOPTERA: FULGOROIDEA: DELPHACIDAE) FROM LORD HOWE ISLAND

Abstract

Notucliirs howensis sp. n. is described and illustrated from Lord Howe Island.

Morphological alteration in response to endogeic habitat and ant association in two new planthopper species from New Caledonia (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae)

“…larvalis Fennah, 1980). All Notuchus species (except N. larvalis and the two new species described below) are epigeic but display morphological characters, such as depressed body shape and brachyptery (Donaldson 1979(Donaldson , 1987(Donaldson , 1988Fennah 1969) that are indicative of an adaptation to a cryptic way of life, in habitats such as leaf litter. Most specimens have been collected by berlese extraction of leaf litter samples from rainforest vegetation.…”