Genus Barsac Fletcher, 1988
Compiler and date details
30 March 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- 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
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]
History of changes
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02-May-2011 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |