Genus Anacotis Evans, 1937

Anacotis hackeri Evans, type species of Anacotis Evans.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anacotis Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea: Homoptera). Part 7. — Stenocotidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11(2): 157-164 [161].

  Type species:

   Anacotis hackeri Evans, 1937 by monotypy.

Introduction

Little is known about the small (~12mm) species included in this genus. It was described from Brisbane in SE Queensland. The relatively short labium and the placement of the antennal ledges well in front of the eyes makes it reasonably easy to identify. It is superficially similar to some males of Stenocotis depressa (Walker) which also have antennal ledges well in front of the eyes but the much longer labium in S. depressa clearly differentiates the two genera.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Diagnosis

The head is flat anteriorly and the maxillary plates extend alongside and beyond the apex of the clypeus and the labium reaches as far as the middle coxae. The antennal ledges are distinct and extend across the frontal sutures, the two ridges meeting medianly on the frons; anterior to their junction the frons is slightly raised, posteriorly it is depressed, with a median longitudinal ridge. The crown of the head is wider medianly than laterally, the apical margin is uneven and the ocelli lie well away from the apical border on the sides of outwardly facing ridges. The eyes are prominent. The pronotum and scutellum are transversly striated, the latter being raised into a low hump posteriorly. The tegmina narrow apically and the radius is many-branched. The fore and middle femora are flattened and the hind tibiae have three rows of short spines and one row of eleven flattened spurs. The subgenital plates are short and narrow, not extending as far as the apex of the pygophores (Evans 1937).

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J. (2003) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the Tribe Stenocotini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Tartessinae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/tartessinae/sten00.htm [accessed 21.xi.2011]

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea: Homoptera). Part 7. — Stenocotidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11(2): 157-164 [161]

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