Genus Barsac Fletcher, 1988

Barsac cinerascens Fletcher, type species of Barsac.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Barsac Fletcher, M.J. 1988. The Australian genera of Flatidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). General and Applied Entomology 20: 9-32 [21].

  Type species:

   Barsac cinerascens Fletcher, 1988 by original designation.

Introduction

Four endemic species were described by Fletcher (1988) and three of them are restricted to inland, arid areas of Australia. The genus was named "after the commune of French Sauternes which has given me the greatest inspiration."

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL)

Diagnosis

Head short, frons and vertex separated by transverse carinate margin. Frons convex, smooth, with median longitudinal carina represented by indistinct ridge. Vertex, pronotum and mesonotum flat to concave, without median longitudinal carina. Vertex with medially interrupted transverse ridge. Tegmen narrow, parallel-sided, with evenly convex apical margin. Subapical line present at about level of apex of clavus. Apical crossveins sparse. Costal cell wider than costal membrane. Cu simple. Tegmen outwardly prominent near base of Rs. Hind tibia with one spine on external margin. Anal segment, particularly of female, large (Fletcher 1988).

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J. (2005). Illustrated key to the genera of the family Flatidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/flatid/flat00.htm

Diagnosis References

Fletcher, M.J. 1988. The Australian genera of Flatidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). General and Applied Entomology 20: 9-32 [21]

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