Genus Ledropsella Evans, 1966
Ledropsella monstrosa (Evans), type species of Ledropsella Evans.
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Genus Ledropsella Evans, 1966
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22 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Ledropsella Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [101].
Type species:
Platyledra monstrosa Evans, 1966 by original designation.
Introduction
This monotypic genus is known from SW Western Australia and from Goonoo State Forest in the south Brigalow belt of New South Wales. The shape of the pronotum provides its most easily recognised feature.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Diagnosis
The face of the head is longer than wide and the labium reaches as far as the middle coxae. The anteclypeus is pear-shaped and the lora anteriorly concave and posteriorly convex. The frontoclypeus, which is oval in shape, is margined by deep channel-like longitudinal depressions. The antennal pits are basin-like depressions and antennal ledges are obsolete. The crown of the head, which is equal in length to the pronotum, is spatulate. There is a median longitudinal carina which is raised into a small crest in alignment with the ocelli, which are on oblique prominences. The pronotum, anteriorly, is in alignment with the crown and has three longitudinal ridges in line with those on the crown. It is raised posteriorly and has a median longitudinal crest. The propleura form overhanging flaps which partly enfold the face of the head. The scutellum is anteriorly flat and raised posteriorly. The tegmina, which are broadest beyond the apex of the claval sutures, have reticulate venation. The tibiae of all three pairs of legs are externally flattened and the hind tibiae are margined by a row of minute, even spines. The ovipositor does not extend beyond the folded tegmina (Evans 1966).
ID Keys
Fletcher, M.J. (2000) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the Tribe Ledrini found in Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ledrinae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/ledrinae/led00.htm [accessed: 22.ix.2011]
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [101]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 02-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |