Genus Swezeyia Kirkaldy, 1906

Swezeyia, possibly S. lyricen, lateral view of face.

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• Swezeyia Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [430].

  Type species:

   Swezeyia lyricen Kirkaldy, 1906 by monotypy.
• Phantasmatocera Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [430].

  Type species:

   Phantasmatocera arborea Kirkaldy, 1906 by original designation.
• Arunta Distant, W.L. 1907. Rhynchotal Notes. xlii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 19: 395-416 [406] [junior homonym; of Arunta Distant, 1904 (Cicadidae)].

  Type species:

   Arunta rubrovenosa Distant, 1907 by original designation.
• Nesophantasma Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [177].

  Type species:

   Phantasmatocera vitiensis Kirkaldy, 1906 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [177] (synonymy of Arunta with Phantasmatocera)
• Muir, F. 1913. On some new species of leafhopper. Part II Derbidae. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 12: 28-92 [46] (synonymy of Nesophantasma with Phantasmatocera)
• Muir, F. 1927. Hemiptera Fulgoroidea. Insects of Samoa and Other Samoan Terrestrial Arthropoda 1(2): 1-27 [20] (synonymy of Phantasmatocera with Swezeyia)

Introduction

This genus contains pale delicate species with the head produced anteriorly, excavate dorsally (see figure). In addition, the second segment of the antenna is enlarged although flattened bilaterally. At least three species are recorded from Australia (all Queensland) although more appear to occur here.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Vertex produced far in front of eyes, ascendant, somewhat recurved, narrowed in front of eyes and then gradually widened, subspatulate; deeply rectangularly emarginate basally, the angle of the emargination being on a level with the anterior margin of the eyes. Frons subconstricted at the eyes, widening out a little basally. Antennae elongate, flattened, about twice as long as an eye, set on each side of its disk with a raised mass of sensory organs. Clypeus obsolescently tricarinate. Pronotum acutangularly emarginate (Kirkaldy 1906).

Diagnosis References

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [430]

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