Genus Ledraprora Evans, 1937
Compiler and date details
3 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Ledraprora 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 [40].
Type species:
Ledraprora insularis Evans, 1937 by original designation.
Introduction
This endemic genus of three species scattered across southern Australia is most distinctive in the anterior elongation of the head. Very few specimens are known in collections with two of the species only known from the holotype specimen.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA, Vic, WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Diagnosis
The head is convex ventrally and the frons is produced anteriorly into a long narrow process. The maxillary plates are wide and the frons narrow. The ocelli are on the dorsal surface of the head, well in front of the eyes and face outwards. The pronotum narrows laterally but the propleurae are sufficiently wide to separate the head from the bases of the tegmina. The tegmina are evenly rounded apically and the venation is distinct and not reticulate. The hind tibiae, which are convex on their internal surfaces, are flattened exteriorly and bear a row of short mobile spines, mounted on slightly protuberant bases, along both the outer edges. In the female, the sheath of the ovipositor extends well beyond the apices of the tegmina (Evans 1937).
ID Keys
Fletcher, M.J. (2005) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the Tribe Thymbrini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Tartessinae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/tartessinae/thym00.htm [accessed: 3.ii.2012]
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 [40–41]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2011 | 20-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |