Genus Hackeriana Evans, 1937
Hackeriana huonensis Evans, type species of Hackeriana Evans.
© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.
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Genus Hackeriana Evans, 1937
Compiler and date details
3 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Hackeriana Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 5. — Euscelidae (in part). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 51-71 [67].
Type species:
Hackeriana huonensis Evans, 1937 by original designation.
Introduction
This endemic genus of green leafhoppers living on eucalypts in southern Australia includes five species. In general appearance, they are very similar to species of Newmaniana Evans (Tartessinae: Tartessini) although Hackeriana species lack an appendix on the tegmen. Species of both genera are green in life and have a triangular or produced head.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)
Diagnosis
Head from below slightly transversely convex, the apex of the clypeus slightly depressed and the lorae wide. The antennal pits are shallow and the antennal ledges indistinct. The apical margin of the head is arrow-shaped and the ocelli marginal or just on the dorsal surface of the head. The eyes are not prominent and the crown is much longer in the middle than against the eyes. The propleurae narrowly separate the eyes from the bases of the tegmina. In the female, the abdomen extends beyond the apices of the folded tegmina [except in H. elegantula Evans, 1969]. The male genitalia consist of wide parallel-sided subgenital plates and short parameres. The pygophores have large thickened processes but are not produced posteriorly (Evans 1937).
ID Keys
Fletcher, M.J. (2005) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the Tribe Thymbrini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Tartessinae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/tartessinae/thym00.htm [accessed: 3.ii.2012]
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 5. — Euscelidae (in part). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 51-71 [67]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2011 | 20-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |