Pauropsalta torrensis POPPLE 2013, sp. nov.
Creators: name: POPPLE, L. W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Pauropsalta
Pauropsalta torrensis

description: <i>Pauropsalta torrensis</i> sp. nov. (Figs 2J, 4K, 22E, 27E–F, 28, 31B, 34) <b>Types:</b> <b>Holotype:</b> &amp;male; ‘ AUSTRALIA / Qld / Torrens Creek via Hughenden’, ‘m. v. lamp / 20–21.xi.2005 ’, ‘ L. Popple &amp; N. Hando’, ‘385-0002’, ‘ QM Reg. No. T 156327’ (<b>QM</b>); <b>Paratypes:</b> QUEENSLAND: 4&amp;male; 65km E. of Hughenden, 4.ii.1981, Moulds &amp; Moulds (<b>MSM</b>); 1&amp;male; Torrens Ck, old road xing E. of Torrens Ck township, N. Qld, 4.ii.2006, Ewart, light, 20°46.05'S 145°01.76'E (<b>AE</b>); 3&amp;male; 2&amp;female; Torrens Creek via Hughenden, m. v. lamp, 20–21.xi.2005, Popple &amp; Hando (<b>LWP</b>); 1f # Torrens Creek via Hughenden, m. v. lamp, 20–21.xi.2005, Popple &amp; Hando, 385- 0005 (<b>QM</b>); 1&amp;female; Torrens Creek township, 90km E. of Hughenden, Qld, 3.ii.1981, Moulds &amp; Moulds (<b>MSM</b>). <b>Diagnosis</b> (Figs 4K, 22E, 27E–F, 31B). Both males and females entirely match the morphological description given for <i>P. subtropica</i> given above. <b>Distinguishing features</b>. Males and females are identical to those of <i>P. subtropica</i> in morphology; however, fundamental differences are evident in the structure of the male calling song (see below). In addition, <i>P. torrensis</i> is distributed parapatrically in relation to <i>P. subtropica</i>. In other words, the latter species occurs west to the White Mountains area, adjacent to the currently recognised eastern limit of the distribution of <i>P. torrensis</i>. The two species also occur in association with a completely different soil types (see below). This may also be useful for identification purposes. <b>Measurements</b>. N= 10 &amp;male; 4 &amp;female;. Ranges and means (in parentheses), mm; BL: &amp;male; 12.4–13.9 (13.2); &amp;female; 13.4–15.6 (14.2); FWL: &amp;male; 14.7–16.0 (15.4); &amp;female; 16.0–17.6 (16.7); FWB: &amp;male; 4.9–5.7 (5.4); &amp;female; 5.3–5.7 (5.5); HW: &amp;male; 3.8–4.5 (4.3); &amp;female; 4.5–4.8 (4.6); PW: &amp;male; 3.3–3.7 (3.4); &amp;female; 3.6–3.8 (3.7); AW: &amp;male; 3.6–4.1 (3.9); &amp;female; 3.6–4.1 (3.9); OL: &amp;female; 4.4–4.5 (4.5). <b>Etymology</b>. Named after Torrens Creek, a township in central Queensland, which forms part of the very restricted distribution of this species and is also the locality from which most of the type material was collected. <b>Distribution and Ecology</b> (Figure 28). Restricted to a small area of central Queensland west of the Burra Range, from 65 km east of Hughenden east to Torrens Creek. Populations occur in association with eucalypts (including <i>E. xanthoclada</i>) growing on flats. Adults are present from at least November to February. <b>Geological and Pedological Associations</b>. Occurs in deep kandosols on a highly weathered Cainozoic sandplain. <b>Calling Song</b> (Fig. 2J, 34). The calling song of <i>P. torrensis</i> is unusual within the <i>P. annulata</i> species group, in that both echemes in the lilting song are of almost equal duration. The lilting component comprises a short echeme (1–4 syllables, 0.011 – 0.036 s) followed by a short silence (0.029 – 0.048 s), another short echeme (1–3 syllables, 0.011 – 0.031 s) and a long silence (0.061 – 0.140 s) (all statistics, n=8 individuals). Buzzing components are brief and comprise a run of short echemes (1–3 syllables, 0.018 – 0.030 s) punctuated by short silences (0.029 – 0.045 s). The call has a phrase repetition rate of 0.112 – 0.230 s, syllable repetition rate of 90–110 Hz and highest amplitude dominant frequency from 9.1–11.0 kHz, with a broad plateau from ~8.0–14.0 kHz. Male–female duets have yet to be heard and recorded from this species.
description: Published as part of <i>POPPLE, L. W., 2013, </i><i> <strong> A revision of the <em> Pauropsalta annulata Goding &amp; amp; Froggatt species group (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) based on morphology, calling songs and ecology, with investigations into calling song structure, molecular phylogenetic relationships and a case of hybridisation between two subspecies , pp. 1-102 in Zootaxa 3730 (1)</em></strong></i><strong><em> on pages 56-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3730.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5268476</em></strong>