Species Procephaleus bulbosa Evans, 1937

Museums

Regional Maps

• Procephaleus bulbosa Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea: Homoptera) Part 4. — (Ledridae, Ulopidae and Euscelidae, Paradorydiini). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 37-50 [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♀ (coll.: D.C. Swan), Carlisle, Western Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Procephaleus bulbosa Evans, 1937. —
  Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [97]
• Cephalelus bulbosa (Evans, 1937). —
  Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [91]

 

Introduction

This species has been recorded at King George Sound and Carlisle (the type locality) in Western Australia and at Kiata, Victoria. Whether the slightly bulbous apex of the head warrants its separation into its own genus needs to be tested.

 

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic, WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head ventrally pale brown, dorsally pale brown with dark brown punctures; eyes chocolate brown. Pronotum concolorous with the head. Scutellum pale brown with a few scattered punctures. Thorax and abdomen, ventral surface, and legs pale brown. Length 8.2 mm; head width 0.8 mm (Evans 1937).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea: Homoptera) Part 4. — (Ledridae, Ulopidae and Euscelidae, Paradorydiini). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 37-50 [43]

 

History of changes

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