Species Leades centralis Löcker, 2020
Leades centralis Löcker, holotype male
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Species Leades centralis Löcker, 2020
Compiler and date details
24 July 2020 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Leades centralis 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 [21].Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FE6DC7B7-3DB2-4912-938E-7DB80F6E218D
Type data:
Holotype WAM E106326 ♂ (coll: 9.x.2015, M.L. Moir, beating Banksia brownii (DNA OAI 1379)), Vancouver Peninsula, Albany, Western Australia [35.058°S, 117.922°E,].
Introduction
This species is confined to the south western Bioregions of Western Australia. It has been collected from a wide range of native flora including Proteaceae, Myrtaceae, Ericaceae and Fabaceae.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species shares many features with Leades warro Löcker, such as the large number (8–11) of apical spines on the hind tibia and the lack of a gap in the row of those spines. Further the configuration of aedeagal spines is very similar, with spines originating in the same position on the aedeagus, however L. centralis can be distinguished from L. warro by the direction in which the tip of aedeagal spine (a) is pointing in ventral view (in L. centralis it is pointing inwards, in L. warro outwards) (Löcker 2020).
ID Keys
Löcker 2020: 21
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 [24]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIXIIDAE Spinola, 1839 | 24-Jul-2020 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |