Genus Jukaruka Distant, 1907
Compiler and date details
22 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Jukaruka Distant, W.L. 1907. Contributions to a knowledge of the Ledrinae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 51: 185-197 [190].
Type species:
Jukaruka typica Distant, 1907 by monotypy.
Introduction
The shape of the pronotum, which bears an elevated central longitudinal carina posteriorly but which is not significantly raised above the level of the scutellum, and the shape of the crown, which widens in front of the eyes before narrowing to the apex, differentiates this endemic genus from other Australian Ledrini. J. typica Distant from Queensland and J. grisea Evans from Western Australia are the only described species of the genus. They are differentiated from each other by the prominence of the keel on the pronotum. An examination of male genitalia of the two species, both of which have males available, is needed to confirm their relationship.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld, WA: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Wet Tropics (WT)
Diagnosis
Vertex of head about as long as space between eyes, centrally carinate; ocelli situated at about middle of vertex; head beneath foliaceous, face elongate, narrowed anteriorly, its disk centrally sulcate; pronotum longer than broad, centrally longitudinally laminately ridged; legs slender, posterior tibiae not foliaceously dilated, posterior coxae with a short spine; tegmina obliquely vertical, the veins on apical area coarse and reticulate. Allied to Ledra from which it differs by the single laminate ridge to the pronotum, the position of the ocelli, the non-dilated posterior tibiae, and the more slender and elongate form; by the last character it is allied to Confucius Dist. (Distant 1907).
ID Keys
Fletcher, M.J. (2000) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the Tribe Ledrini found in Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ledrinae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/ledrinae/led00.htm [accessed: 22.ix.2011]
Diagnosis References
Distant, W.L. 1907. Contributions to a knowledge of the Ledrinae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 51: 185-197 [190]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 02-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |