Genus Hecalocratus Evans, 1966
Hecalocratus pallidus Evans, type species of Hecalocratus Evans.
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Genus Hecalocratus Evans, 1966
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5 July 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Hecalocratus Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [135].
Type species:
Hecalocratus pallidus Evans, 1966 by original designation.
Introduction
This endemic genus was created for a single species which differs from other members of the Hecalini in the shape of the crown of the head and of the pronotum.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Gulf Plains (GUP), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP)
Diagnosis
The face of the head is approximately as long as wide. The labium is short and terminates between the fore coxae. The anteclypeus is parallel-sided and the frontoclypeus convex. The maxillary plates are externally sinuate. The antennal depressions are shallow and antennal ledges lacking. The apex of the head consists of a narrow vertical band bearing the ocelli, which are immediately adjacent to the eyes and visible from above. The crown of the head, which is approximately equal in length to the pronotum, slopes anteriorly and laterally and the anterior margin is rounded, not acute. The pronotum is laterally wide. The tegmina have wide appendices and the hind tibiae, which bear long spines, are flattened (Evans 1966).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [135]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Dec-2019 | 16-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Dec-2019 | 05-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |