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03BAC9676E40CD246CF38964B392A0EC.text	03BAC9676E40CD246CF38964B392A0EC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Austrimonus Fletcher & Dai 2018	<div><p>Austrimonus gen. nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act:ABC0E49C-1D0C-4F7F-BEEA-23A31CEF51C9</p><p>Type species: Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy, 1907 .</p><p>Description. Colour. Head and tegmina whitish with various brown flecking, usually dense (e.g. Figs 3–6), sometimes sparse (e.g. Figs 1, 13, 19) and often with patches of orange on dorsum (e.g. Figs 10, 14, 20).</p><p>Morphology. Face about as broad as long. Anteclypeus slightly narrowed from base then with lateral margins diverging to convex apex which slightly exceeds maxillary plates. Postclypeus broad to relatively narrow, lateral margins diverging dorsally. Vertex of even width throughout or slightly longer in midline than against eyes. Pronotum very short laterally. Tegmen with four apical cells, three preapical cells, outer preapical cell closed at both ends with crossvein, inner preapical cell open basally. Claval veins separate throughout. Fore femur with 2 apical setae dorsally, AV setae absent or present as weak fine hairs on basal half, IC setae long, row extending over apical half of femur, seta AM1 not differentiated; fore tibia dorsal macrosetae 1+ 4 in all species but A. apicalis . Hind femur with setal formula 2+2+1. Hind tibiae flattened; setal row PD with 7 macrosetae and intercalaries half length of macrosetae; PV group with 10 macrosetae; rows AD and AV with 9–10 large macrosetae each, these paired on prominent bases with row AD bearing a few shorter macrosetae between these pairs with some of the shorter macrosetae grouped with the pairs.</p><p>Male genitalia. Pygofer of moderate length, without accessory processes, with basal cleft well developed, ventral portion bearing scattered microsetae. Distal lobe of pygofer triangular, apically rounded, bearing line of macrosetae across proximal area, echinate along ventral margin. Subgenital plates narrow triangular tapering to acute apex, often with apical finger-like process. Paramere with preapical lobe strong or weak, apical process curved laterally, apically acute to acuminate, sometimes with preapical tooth. Connective long with stem usually longer than arms, occasionally as long as arms. Aedeagus with two shafts bearing accessory processes.</p><p>Diagnosis. The species of Austrimonus are similar to species of Hishimonus in the structure of the aedeagus which has two shafts bearing accessory processes. The two genera can usually be distinguished by the absence of the distinctive circular or diamond-shaped brown marking dorsally in the centre of the folded tegmina of species of Austrimonus . In addition, Austrimonus species differ from Hishimonus species by the following features of the male genitalia: a narrower subgenital plate tapering to base of apical process ( Hishimonus: subgenital plate often ovoid with apical process distinct); apical process of paramere curved laterally ( Hishimonus: apical process extended posteriorly), sometimes with preapical tooth, preapical lobe usually well developed; connective long; fore femur with setal row AV absent or present only as weak fine hairs ( Hishimonus: AV present with short but welldeveloped microsetae).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAC9676E40CD246CF38964B392A0EC	Public Domain	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.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Fletcher, Murray J.;Dai, Wu	Fletcher, Murray J., Dai, Wu (2018): A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387 (2): 310-330, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4
03BAC9676E43CD276CF38833B3DAA0E3.text	03BAC9676E43CD276CF38833B3DAA0E3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Austrimonus melaleucae (Fletcher & Dai 1907) Fletcher & Dai 2018	<div><p>Austrimonus melaleucae (Kirkaldy), comb. nov.</p><p>(Figs 1–2, 21, 31A)</p><p>Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy 1907: 53</p><p>Hishimonus melaleucae (Kirkaldy), Evans 1966: 236</p><p>Lectotype, male (examined), designated by Fletcher &amp; Condello 1993: 45, Bundaberg, Qld, ix–xii.1904 (BPBM).</p><p>Material examined. QUEENSLAND: 4 males, Ingham, Qld, 15.iii.1961, K.L.S. Harvey, light trap (ANIC) ; 1 male, same data as previous but 20.iv.1961 (ANIC); 1 male, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=146.26666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.968056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 146.26666/lat -18.968056)">Crystal Creek</a>, 23 mi. SSE of Ingham, 18°58’05”S 146°16’E 9.xii.1968, Britton &amp; Misko, at light (ANIC) ; 1 male, Brisbane, vi.1904 (BPBM) ; 1 male, Dunwich area, Stradbroke Island, 24–26.ix.1985, at light (QDPI); 2 females, paralectotypes, same data as lectotype but “coll. Koebele ” (BPBM) .</p><p>Description. Head and body (Figs 1, 2) pale testaceous with brown flecking. Vertex (Fig. 2) with indistinct, narrow, transverse band subapically which lacks brown flecking, occipital suture dark brown. Tegmen (Fig. 1) whitish with brown flecking, veins pale brown, claval suture sometimes yellowish.</p><p>Genitalia. Male: Subgenital plate (Fig. 21B) tapering into apical finger-like process. Parameres (Fig. 21C) each with preapical lobe well developed; apical process with preapical tooth. Connective (Fig. 21E) long with arms about as long as stem. Aedeagal shafts in posterior aspect (Fig. 21F) broadly divergent at base and evenly curved dorsally and of even width to gonopore, bearing narrow, bifurcated apical process directed dorsomedially; in lateral view (Fig. 21D) curved basally, then more or less straight. Basal apodeme (Fig. 21D) short, blunt apically. Female: Apical margin of pregenital sternite (Fig. 31A) transverse with medial section extended slightly posteriorly and shallowly concave.</p><p>Comments. This species was omitted from Knight’s (1970a) revision of the genus Hishimonus on the basis that he did not have representative material. It is possible, however, that he recognised that the species did not fit into the genus as he had defined it. The species is reasonably well represented in collections and distributed through much of coastal Queensland. It is frequently found on species of Melaleuca L. (Fam. Myrtaceae) which appear to be its natural host.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAC9676E43CD276CF38833B3DAA0E3	Public Domain	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.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Fletcher, Murray J.;Dai, Wu	Fletcher, Murray J., Dai, Wu (2018): A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387 (2): 310-330, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4
03BAC9676E43CD266CF38C4BB1EFA369.text	03BAC9676E43CD266CF38C4BB1EFA369.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Austrimonus apicalis Fletcher & Dai 2018	<div><p>Austrimonus apicalis sp.nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act:6DB235AC-9300-472D-8CA9-C9453A29D7F2 (Figs 3–4, 22, 31B)</p><p>Types. Holotype, male, hind dunes, Lennox Head, N. of Ballina, NSW 10.iii.1981, M.J. Fletcher &amp; G.R. Brown, m. v. lamp (ASCU: ASCTHE007980) . Paratypes: QUEENSLAND. 1 male, DPI Indooroopilly site, 12–17.xii.1984, malaise trap (QDPI) ; 4 males, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=141.88&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-15.42" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 141.88/lat -15.42)">Kilpatrick Ck</a>, 15.42S 141.88E, 14.vii.1999, P.C. Dangerfield (ASCU) ; 1 male, Statton River, nr Inkerman Homestead, 29.vii.1982, J.F. Donaldson &amp; J.W. Turner, at light (QDPI) ; 1 male, Lynd River, nr Gamboola, 23.vii.1982, J.F. Donaldson &amp; J.W. Turner, at light (QDPI) ; 1 male, Nardoo Homestead, S. of Burketown, 17.vi.1976, J.F. Donaldson (QDPI) ; 7 males, 1 female, Walsh River, Chillagoe, 22.vii.1982, J.F. Donaldson &amp; J.W. Turner, at light (QDPI) ; 1 male, Woodward Park, 4.2km WNW of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=145.74&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.91" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 145.74/lat -16.91)">Cairns</a>, 16°54.6’S 145°44.4’E, 4.xii.1990, G.J. Bowman, Melaleuca quinquenervia, NQMqn90152.P005 (ASCU) ; 1 male, 1 female (mounted together), Melville Island, W.D. Dodd (SAM). NORTHERN TERRITORY: 1 male, Katherine Gorge National Park, Katherine River, nr Park headquarters, 10.vi.1987, M. Asche &amp; H. Hoch B.M.1988–142 (BMNH) . WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 3 males, Kimberley Research Station, via Wyndham, 23.viii.1956, E.C.B. Langfield (ANIC) , 1 male, same data as previous but 10.xi.1956 (ANIC) . VICTORIA: 1 male, Kiata, iii.1963, J.W. E[vans], ex J.W. Evans collection donated 1986 (ASCU) .</p><p>Note: a second specimen in QDPI from Nardoo Homestead, same data as above, lacks an abdomen and is here excluded from the type series. A fifth male in ASCU from Kilpatrick Ck, same data as above, is also excluded from the type series as it is a teneral specimen.</p><p>Description. Head, body and tegmina (Figs 3, 4) pale testaceous to pale orange with minute brown speckling except for basal parts of face, which lack brown mottling, and apex of head becoming darker brown but delineating five marginal oval pale spots, the laterals surrounding the ocelli. Female with vague pale transverse band near base of tegmen. Vertex of almost equal length throughout. Fore tibia with 4+4 dorsal setae.</p><p>Genitalia. Male: Subgenital plate (Fig. 22B) narrow triangular, tapering into apical finger-like process. Parameres (Fig. 22F) with preapical lobe well developed; apical lobe apically acute with slight hint of tooth preapically. Connective (Fig. 22E) elongate with stem slightly longer than arms. Aedeagal shafts, in posterior view (Fig. 22C) divergent at base then directed dorsally and slightly laterally, almost straight to gonopore with apical process directed inwards and bifurcated; in lateral view (Fig. 22D), curved dorsally to near apical section, then curved posteriorly. Basal apodeme (Fig. 22D) short, bluntly pointed. Female: Posterior margin of pregenital sternite (Fig. 31B) transverse with medial section extended posteriorly and medially emarginate.</p><p>Etymology. The species name reflects the distinctive apical bifurcate process on each aedeagal shaft.</p><p>Comments. This species is close to M. melaleucae from which it differs by the apical process of the aedeagal shafts being considerably longer and clearly bifurcate and the preapical tooth on the apical process of the paramere barely discernible. There is some variation in the degree of divergence of the aedeagal shafts in posterior view with specimens from the Kimberley, WA, having the shafts more widely separated from the base but this is not regarded as having specific significance. The colouring, particularly the line of pale ocellations along the anterior margin of the head, is also distinctive. The hind margin of the female pregenital sternite is similar in both species although the medial prominence is more pronounced in this species than in A. melaleucae . The fore tibial dorsal setation (4+4) in A. apicalis differs from that found in all other species of the genus (1+4).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAC9676E43CD266CF38C4BB1EFA369	Public Domain	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.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Fletcher, Murray J.;Dai, Wu	Fletcher, Murray J., Dai, Wu (2018): A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387 (2): 310-330, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4
03BAC9676E42CD216CF38EC2B638A70C.text	03BAC9676E42CD216CF38EC2B638A70C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Austrimonus koebelei Fletcher & Dai 2018	<div><p>Austrimonus koebelei sp.nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act:942E9B74-033A-4AB9-8318-09AC8FAB14E8 (Figs 5–6, 23)</p><p>Holotype, male, Sydney, NSW, 24.i.1905, Koebele (BPBM)</p><p>Description. Head and thorax (Figs 5, 6) pale testaceous covered with fine light brown mottling except for ventral half of face. Tegmen (Fig. 5) whitish with fine light brown mottling interspersed with areas of denser brown mottling giving patchy appearance throughout.</p><p>Genitalia. Male:Subgenital plates (Fig. 23B) narrow, evenly tapering to apical process. Parameres (Fig. 23C) with preapical lobe well developed; apical process with slight preapical tooth. Connective (Fig. 23C) elongate with stem slightly longer than arms. Aedeagus in posterior view (Fig. 23E) with shafts curved dorsally, tapering to gonopore with narrow apical process extending beyond gonopore. In lateral view (Fig.23D), shafts narrow, finely acuminate, curved from base then straight to apex of apical process. Basal apodeme (Fig. 23D) very short, directed in line with shafts. Female: unknown.</p><p>Etymology. The species is named after Prof. Arthur Koebele who collected the holotype and whose collections in Australia in 1904–5 were the basis of G.W. Kirkaldy’s extensive contribution to our knowledge of Australian leafhoppers (Kirkaldy 1906, 1907).</p><p>Comments. This species has closest similarity with M. melaleucae but differs in the structure of the aedeagus with narrow shafts mounted by a fine process directed dorsally and not bifurcated.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAC9676E42CD216CF38EC2B638A70C	Public Domain	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.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Fletcher, Murray J.;Dai, Wu	Fletcher, Murray J., Dai, Wu (2018): A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387 (2): 310-330, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4
03BAC9676E45CD216CF38A61B0BCA3F2.text	03BAC9676E45CD216CF38A61B0BCA3F2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Austrimonus litorus Fletcher & Dai 2018	<div><p>Austrimonus litorus sp. nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act:C6C8EBC6-0307-4DA4-AA5E-E15E2D324C13 (Figs 7–8, 24)</p><p>Types. Holotype, male, Lake Parramatta, NSW, 8.xi.1975, M.I. Nikitin, coll. by sweeping (ASCU: ASCTHE004677) . Paratypes. QUEENSLAND. 2 males, Norman River, Karumba, 3–17.xi.1979, W.A. Houston, malaise trap mangrove-salt marsh boundary (QDPI) ; 1 male, Yule Pt, Cairns-Mossman Rd, 27.x.1966, E.B. Britton, near mangroves, 7941 (ANIC); 1 male, Bundaberg, ix-xii.1904, coll. Koebele, “Paralectotype: Hishimonus melaleucae Kirkaldy, det. M.J. Fletcher 1993 ” (BPBM); 3 males, Brisbane, 22.ii.1926, H. Hacker (QM) ; 1 male, DPI Indooroopilly site, Brisbane, 23.xi.–6.xii.1979, malaise trap (QDPI) ; 1 male, Sandgate, “ 9–11–1919 ” (might be 9.xi.1919 or 11.ix.1919), F. Muir (BPBM) ; 1 male, Brighton, 19.i.1955, E.J. Reye &amp; M.B. Wilson, light trap 1900–2100, mangrove swamp (UQIC).</p><p>Other material examined: 1 male (missing except for genitalia in vial), Careel Bay, Avalon, NSW, 3.ii.1973, D.K. McAlpine, mangroves (AM).</p><p>Description. Face, vertex and scutellum (Figs 7, 8) pale yellow testaceous, sometimes with darker brown mottling. Pronotum (Fig. 8) pale testaceous with brown mottling. Tegmen (Fig. 7) whitish with scattered brown fine mottling and larger diffuse brown markings at base and apex of clavus and on anterior margin at apex of costal cell, otherwise indistinct pale ocellations on remainder of tegmen.</p><p>Genitalia. Male: Subgenital plates (Fig. 24B) narrow triangular tapering into apical process which is not well defined. Paramere (Fig. 24F) with poorly developed preapical lobe; apical lobe curving gradually laterally, acute apically. Connective (Fig. 24D) long with stem much longer than arms. Aedeagus, in posterior view (Fig. 24C) with shafts diverging from base with posterior basal process fused to shaft on each side to about half shaft length, then extending dorsally as acutely pointed process; in lateral view (Fig. 24E), shafts curved anteriorly with gonopore on anterior face and free portion of basal process extending about halfway to apex of shaft. Basal apodeme (Fig. 24E), short directed at right angles to shaft. Female: unknown.</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from a combination of litus (Latin = coast) and ora (Latin = rim) reflecting the possible connective with coastal mangroves.</p><p>Comments. This species differs from all other species in the genus in the arrangement of the basal processes of the aedeagus and the relatively short connective arms compared with the length of the connective stem. The species is reasonably common along the eastern coastline of Queensland from North Queensland to Brisbane with two records from the Sydney region in NSW. The species has been collected in mangroves on four separate occasions and may be associated with this vegetation type.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAC9676E45CD216CF38A61B0BCA3F2	Public Domain	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.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Fletcher, Murray J.;Dai, Wu	Fletcher, Murray J., Dai, Wu (2018): A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387 (2): 310-330, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4
03BAC9676E45CD226CF38D38B1C3A42C.text	03BAC9676E45CD226CF38D38B1C3A42C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Austrimonus curvatus Fletcher & Dai 2018	<div><p>Austrimonus curvatus sp.nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act:9D042A95-5480-4326-82AB-DBF7AF08ECD7 (Figs 9–10, 25)</p><p>Types. Holotype, male, Yam Island, 22.iii.1985, J.W. Turner, at light (QM, ex QDPI, T207233) . Paratypes. QUEENSLAND. 8 males, same data as holotype (5 in QDPI, 2 in ASCU); 1 male, Statton River, nr Inkerman Homestead, 29.vii.1982, J.F. Donaldson &amp; J.W. Turner, at light (QDPI) ; 2 males, Walker Creek, N. of Normanton, 30.vii.1982, J.F. Donaldson &amp; J.W. Turner, at light (QDPI) .</p><p>Description. Face of head sordid yellow or brownish with lateral pale markings. Vertex and pronotum (Fig. 10) pale cream testaceous with faint brown markings, scutellum with lateral angles pale orange or pale brown. Tegmen (Fig. 9) whitish translucent with brown markings throughout, becoming darker towards apex where veins are highlighted in brown; pale patch on costal margin at about midlength.</p><p>FIGURES 1–10. 1–2. A. melaleucae . 1. habitus, 2. dorsal view, 3–4. A. apicalis . 3. habitus, 4. dorsal view, 5–6. A. koebelei . 5. habitus, 6. dorsal view, 7–8. A. litorus . 7. habitus, 8. dorsal view, 9–10. A. curvatus . 9. habitus, 10. dorsal view.</p><p>FIGURES 11–20. 11–12. A. flagellatus, 11. habitus, 12. dorsal view, 13–14. A. luteus . 13. habitus, 14. dorsal view, 15–16. A. clavatus . 16. habitus, 16. dorsal view, 17–18. A. bidentatus . 17. habitus, 18. dorsal view, 19–20. A. biapicalis . 19. habitus, 20. dorsal view.</p><p>Genitalia. Male: Subgenital plates (Fig. 25B) narrow triangular, apically tapered without distinct apical lobe. Parameres (Fig. 25E) with preapical lobe small, rounded; apical process curved laterally with slight angle on internal margin. Connective (Fig. 25E) long with stem much longer than arms. Aedeagus, in posterior view (Fig. 25C), with shafts divergent, bearing elongate, apically acute process apparently at midlength; in lateral view (Fig. 25D), aedeagal shafts strongly curved anteriorly with basal process fused to posterior margin of shaft to about midlength and then diverging to form elongate acute process curved anteriorly. Basal apodeme (Fig. 25D) long, tapered to blunt apex, extended at right angles to base of shaft. Female: unknown.</p><p>Etymology. The species name reflects the strongly curved aedeagal shafts in lateral view.</p><p>Comments. The apparent lack of an apical finger-like lobe on the subgenital plates is similar to M. litorus from mainland Queensland in which the subgenital plates are also tapering apically without a clearly differentiated apical process. The structure of the aedeagus of M. curvatus also shows similarity with that of M. litorus from which it differs in the degree of curvature of the aedeagus in lateral view.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAC9676E45CD226CF38D38B1C3A42C	Public Domain	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.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Fletcher, Murray J.;Dai, Wu	Fletcher, Murray J., Dai, Wu (2018): A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387 (2): 310-330, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4
03BAC9676E46CD226CF38981B1A4A3D3.text	03BAC9676E46CD226CF38981B1A4A3D3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Austrimonus flagellatus Fletcher & Dai 2018	<div><p>Austrimonus flagellatus sp.nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act:9FD5C33C-17BD-4AB5-AB8A-B99E1DA1D5E1 (Figs 11–12, 26)</p><p>Types. Holotype, male, Mt Spec, Qld, 5–7.i.1965, J.G. Brooks, ASCTHE009021 (ANIC) . Paratypes. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3 males (one missing head, one with head mounted separately), Mt Lamington district, Northern Division, Papua, 2.vii.1927, C.T. McNamara (AM).</p><p>Description. Head and scutellum (Fig. 12) pale yellow testaceous with indistinct pale brown mottling, slightly darker at apex of head. Pronotum with transverse brown ripples sometimes interrupted medially with thin pale longitudinal stripe and laterally with elongate pale marking on each side. Tegmen (Fig. 11) pale translucent testaceous with brown veins and brown speckling in cells, becoming smoky brown at apex and bearing irregular brown spot at apex of costal cell.</p><p>Genitalia. Male: Subgenital plates (Fig. 26B) narrow triangular tapering imperceptibly into apical process. Parameres (Fig. 26D) with preapical lobe poorly developed; apical lobe extended posteriorly then abruptly curved at 90o to finely acute apex. Connective (Fig. 26E) elongate with stem much longer than arms. Aedeagus shafts, in posterior view (Fig. 26C) divergent from base, obscured by long basal processes fused to posterior margin of shafts to near apex then extending to about twice length of shaft, apically recurved and finely acuminate; in lateral view (Fig. 26F), shafts evenly curved from base to acute apex, relatively short, apically acute with gonopore subapical on anterior surface, surpassed by posterior processes extending to level with anal segment and recurved strongly anteriorly. Basal apodeme (Fig. 26F) simple, tapering, of moderate length. Female: unknown.</p><p>Etymology. The specific name refers to the whip-like basal processes of the aedeagus.</p><p>Comments. This species differs from other species in the genus by having aedeagal shafts surmounted by elongate basal processes which extend beyond the apices of the shafts.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAC9676E46CD226CF38981B1A4A3D3	Public Domain	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.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Fletcher, Murray J.;Dai, Wu	Fletcher, Murray J., Dai, Wu (2018): A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387 (2): 310-330, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4
03BAC9676E46CD2F6CF38D1BB6EAA774.text	03BAC9676E46CD2F6CF38D1BB6EAA774.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Austrimonus luteus Fletcher & Dai 2018	<div><p>Austrimonus luteus sp.nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act:FA5E48B9-8EB1-48EF-9510-CC9316D691C8 (Figs 13–14, 27)</p><p>Types. Holotype male, Bald Hill Stn, near Cooktown, N. Qld, 6.xii.1986, M.S. &amp; B.J. Moulds (ASCU: ASCTHE004701)</p><p>Paratypes. QUEENSLAND. 1 male, same data as holotype (ASCU) . NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1 male, 34 miles NW of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.55&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-14.13" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.55/lat -14.13)">Dorisvale</a> HS, NT, 14.13S 130.55E, 14.viii.1968, M. Mendum (ANIC) . PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1 male, Mt Lamington district, Northern Division, Papua, C.T. McNamara (AM).</p><p>Description. Face pale testaceous, vertex (Fig. 14) with some pale orange markings on either side of midline and some fine brown speckling along apical margin. Pronotum and scutellum (Fig. 14) pale orange with faint brown markings. Tegmen (Fig. 13) pale whitish translucent with small brown speckles scattered sparsely across surface, veins pale brown, darker in apical area.</p><p>Genitalia. Male: Subgenital plates (Fig. 27B) narrow triangular, tapering into apical process. Parameres (Fig. 27F) with preapical lobe well developed, angular, apical process directed laterally with distinct preapical angular prominence. Connective (Fig. 27E) long with stem distinctly longer than arms. Aedeagus, in posterior view (Fig. 27C) with long basal processes diverging from base and tapering from base to acute apex, obscuring shafts; in lateral view (Fig. 27D), basal processes curve dorsally, more so in apical section, processes not fused at all to shafts which curve evenly dorsally, of even width from base to apex. Gonopore apical. Basal apodeme (Fig. 27D) short, straight, at right angles to base of shafts. Female: unknown.</p><p>Etymology. Most specimens have some pale orange colouring on the vertex and pronotum and the species name refers to this colouring ( luteus, Latin = orange).</p><p>Comment. This species is close to M. clavatus from Western Australia in general appearance and in the structures of the male genitalia except that this species has simple shafts with apical gonopore while M. clavatus has the shaft extended to form a broad process beyond the gonopore. It also shows similarity with M. flagellatus except that the basal processes in those species are fused to the shafts to the level of the gonopore.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAC9676E46CD2F6CF38D1BB6EAA774	Public Domain	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.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Fletcher, Murray J.;Dai, Wu	Fletcher, Murray J., Dai, Wu (2018): A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387 (2): 310-330, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4
03BAC9676E4CCD286CF38FE9B027A1E2.text	03BAC9676E4CCD286CF38FE9B027A1E2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Austrimonus bidentatus Fletcher & Dai 2018	<div><p>Austrimonus bidentatus sp.nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act:F852F7C8-FBCF-4095-9874-DCED03F9120A (Figs 17–18, 29)</p><p>Holotype male, 2 km W of Winton, Qld, 2.xi.1975, I.D. Galloway, D-vac, ASCTHE004625 (QM, ex QDPI, T207234).</p><p>Description. Head and thorax (Fig. 18) pale testaceous with faint brown markings. Tegmen (Fig. 17) whitish translucent with scattered brown speckling becoming darker towards apex.</p><p>Genitalia. Male: Subgenital plate (Fig. 29B) triangular with apices broken off in only known specimen. Paramere (Fig. 29D) with preapical lobe well developed, angular, apical lobe elongate, apically acute, angled laterally in apical portion. Connective (Fig. 29C) long with stem longer than arms. Aedeagus, in posterior view (Fig. 29E), with shafts elongate, divergent, straight with lateral triangular expansion below gonopore and shaft continuing beyond gonopore with second lateral triangular process before apex; in lateral view (Fig. 29F), shafts narrow throughout, evenly curved from base to apex, with triangular lateral processes extending posteriorly and apical process recurved strongly before acute apex. Basal apodeme (Fig. 29F), swollen above base before tapering to blunt apex, extended vertically, almost half length of shafts. Female: unknown.</p><p>Etymology. The species name reflects the presence of two short, triangular processes on the external margin of each aedeagal shaft.</p><p>Comments. This species is unusual in the simple structure of the aedeagal shaft and in the presence of lateral processes above and below the gonopore. It is assumed that the apex of each subgenital plate would taper evenly into a finger-like lobe as in other members of the genus although M. curvatus, M. litorus and A. biapicalis have this lobe undeveloped or poorly defined.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAC9676E4CCD286CF38FE9B027A1E2	Public Domain	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.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Fletcher, Murray J.;Dai, Wu	Fletcher, Murray J., Dai, Wu (2018): A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387 (2): 310-330, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4
03BAC9676E4CCD286CF38B99B034A28E.text	03BAC9676E4CCD286CF38B99B034A28E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Austrimonus clavatus Fletcher & Dai 2018	<div><p>Austrimonus clavatus sp.nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act:E6D7569F-646D-4F7F-9EE2-64D506ECE624 (Figs 15–16, 28, 31C)</p><p>Holotype, male, main dam site, Duncan Highway, W. Australia, 8.vi.1966, G.W. Kendrick, A. Douglas leg. ASCTHE007939 (WAM)</p><p>Paratypes, 1 male, 1 female, mounted together, Kimberley, W.A., vi.1966, J.W. Evans (ASCU)</p><p>Description. Face pale orange fading to cream laterally, with fine brown transverse line dorsally at margin with vertex. Vertex (Fig. 16) pale cream with faint orange band across middle with slight depression submarginally. Pronotum and scutellum (Fig. 16) pale orange anteriorly, pale testaceous posteriorly. Tegmen (Fig. 15) whitish translucent with transverse translucent band at about midlength, veins and markings on crossveins and in cells brown.</p><p>Genitalia. Male: Subgenital plates (Fig. 28B) narrow triangular tapering into apical process. Paramere (Fig. 28C) with preapical lobe well developed, apical lobe curved laterally with small preapical tooth and finely acute apex. Connective (Fig. 28E) long with stem distinctly longer than arms. Aedeagus in posterior view (Fig. 28D) with shafts obscured by large basal processes diverging gradually from base, evenly broad throughout then tapering to acute apex; in lateral view (Fig. 28F), basal processes extend dorsally, slightly curved posteriorly at apex; shafts anterior to processes, fused to processes for short distance, then divergent from them, parallel to basal apodeme, gonopore at about three quarter length of processes, shaft continuing beyond gonopore anteriorly and expanded to form large truncate process terminating level with apices of basal processes. Basal apodeme (Fig. 28F) complex with accessory process extending anteriorly. Female: Posterior margin of pregenital sternite (Fig. 31C) transverse with deep medial emargination.</p><p>Etymology. The species name refers to the club-shaped apical process on each shaft in lateral view (clavus, Latin = club).</p><p>Comments. This species has affinity with M. luteus which also has orange colouring on the head and thorax. The apex of each shaft beyond the gonopore is expanded to form a club shaped process in this species but not in M. luteus . The hind margin of the female pregenital sternite differs from those of A. melaleucae and A. apicalis, which are the only other species for which females are known, in having the medial section not produced posteriorly but bearing a single medial emargination.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAC9676E4CCD286CF38B99B034A28E	Public Domain	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.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Fletcher, Murray J.;Dai, Wu	Fletcher, Murray J., Dai, Wu (2018): A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387 (2): 310-330, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4
03BAC9676E4FCD346CF38C26B1B5A1FA.text	03BAC9676E4FCD346CF38C26B1B5A1FA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Austrimonus biapicalis Fletcher & Dai 2018	<div><p>Austrimonus biapicalis sp nov.</p><p>zoobank.org:act:E978A6B2-7772-481C-BA7E-C7594E127363 (Figs 19–20, 30)</p><p>Holotype, male, Kimberley Research Station, via Wyndham, NW Australia, 23.viii.1956, E.C.B. Langfield, ASCTHE009022 (ANIC).</p><p>Description. Head and thorax (Fig. 20) evenly pale testaceous throughout with two dark brown spots at apex of head, another beside eye on each side and two against hind margin of vertex. Tegmen (Fig. 19) pale whitish translucent with small infuscations on costal margin at vein endings.</p><p>Genitalia. Male: Subgenital plate (Fig. 30B) narrow triangular, tapering with apical finger-like process poorly defined. Paramere (Fig. 30F) with preapical lobe slightly rounded, apical process curved laterally with external angulation on medial side. Connective (Fig. 30E) elongate, with stem longer than arms. Aedeagus, in posterior view (Fig. 30C), with shafts straight, diverging, gonopore preapical with two apical elongate triangular processes, the outer curving around the inner; in lateral view (Fig. 30D), shafts curve anteriorly to gonopore, shaft continuing beyond gonopore as inwardly curved linear process, and process posterior to gonopore continuing as tapered elongate process curving anteriorly. Basal apodeme (Fig. 30D) thick, blunt, more or less parallel to shaft. Female: unknown.</p><p>Etymology. The species name reflects the two apical processes on each aedeagal shaft.</p><p>Comments. The pale colouring and the brown spots at the apex of the head are unusual but whether this is characteristic of all specimens of this species is dependent on examination of further material. The structure of the aedeagus is similar to that found in a number of other species of the genus in that an apical extension posterior to the gonopore can be interpreted as the apex of a basal process which is fused to the posterior side of the aedeagal shaft to the level of the gonopore with only the apex of the process free.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAC9676E4FCD346CF38C26B1B5A1FA	Public Domain	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.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Fletcher, Murray J.;Dai, Wu	Fletcher, Murray J., Dai, Wu (2018): A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species. Zootaxa 4387 (2): 310-330, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.4
