Species Ceraon gracile (Goding, 1903)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Daunus gracile Goding, F.W. 1903. A monograph of the Australian Membracidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 2-41 [33].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♀ (coll. Lea), Beverley, Western Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Ceraon gracile (Goding, 1903). —
  Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [289]
• Sinenodus gracilis (Goding, 1903). —
  Goding, F.W. 1931. Classification of the Old World Membracidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 39: 299-313 [311]

 

Introduction

A slender, delicate insect found in several drier localities in Western Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head piceous, nearly square, the apical portion nearly as broad as the base, sides foliaceous; ocelli on a line with the centre of the eyes, nearer to the eyes than to each other. Prothorax piceous brown, punctured with black, with a distinct median carina; it rises vertically from the base, over each lateral angle furnished with a strong, quadrangular, black, nearly erect horn, which is inclined lightly outward, strongly forward, the sides parallel nearly to the apex which is broadened, truncate, the inner angle slightly rounded, the outer angle produced in a blunt point; the truncated surface is marked with four reddish carinae; the posterior process is very slender, lightly sinuous, acuminate, exceptionally long, reaching beyond the tips of the tegmina, the apical fifth bent a little upward. Tegmina long, very narrow, vitreous, with piceous veins; the interior discoidal cell longer than exterior, the last four apical cells with their bases in a line, the first placed nearly at the middle of the exterior border; clavus vitreous, with two piceous veins. Tibiae reddish, all dilated; tarsi tawny. Long ♀ 7½; lat. 1½ mm; lat. inc. lat. corn. 3½ mm (Goding 1903).

 

Diagnosis References

Goding, F.W. 1903. A monograph of the Australian Membracidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 2-41 [33]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-May-2012		16-May-2012	MODIFIED
26-Apr-2012		26-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
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