Genus Leades Jacobi, 1928
Leades rufinus Jacobi, type species of Leades
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Genus Leades Jacobi, 1928
Compiler and date details
24 July 2020 - Murray J. Fletcher
30 August 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Leades Jacobi, A. 1928. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. Rhynchota, Homoptera. 1. Fulgoridae und Cercopidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 19A(28): 1-50 [38].
Type species:
Leades rufinus Jacobi, 1928 by original designation.
Introduction
This genus was created to include a single species from Western Australia based on two female syntypes. Löcker (2020) established the identity of the type species and added another five species, four of which were new, extending the distribution of the genus to all mainland Australian states.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)
Diagnosis
The body shape of Leades is short and stout. The frons is usually wider than long in midline (rarely as wide as long) and lacks a median ocellus. The frontoclypeal suture is strongly semicircular, bent upwards with the median part reaching at least the lower margin of antennal scape. The pronotum is very short. Five or more platellae are found on the second hind tarsomere. Leades can be distinguished from all other Australian Cixiini by the following combination of characters: median carina of frons unforked; radius anterior (RA) unforked, second hind tarsomere with five or more platellae (always two fewer platellae than apical teeth) male anal style distinctly longer than remainder of 11th segment (Löcker 2020).
ID Keys
Löcker 2020: 19–20
Diagnosis References
Löcker, B. 2020. Revision of Leades Jacobi with the description of a new genus, Yamirrina gen. nov., and notes on the absence of Iolania Kirkaldy from Australia (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae: Cixiini). Journal of Insect Biodiversity 18(1): 17–49 [20]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2020 | CIXIIDAE Spinola, 1839 | 24-Jul-2020 | MODIFIED | Dr Murray Fletcher |
| 13-Oct-2010 | 13-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |