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Genus Ledraprora Evans, 1937


Compiler and date details

3 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher

Introduction

This endemic genus of three species scattered across southern Australia is most distinctive in the anterior elongation of the head. Very few specimens are known in collections with two of the species only known from the holotype specimen.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Diagnosis

The head is convex ventrally and the frons is produced anteriorly into a long narrow process. The maxillary plates are wide and the frons narrow. The ocelli are on the dorsal surface of the head, well in front of the eyes and face outwards. The pronotum narrows laterally but the propleurae are sufficiently wide to separate the head from the bases of the tegmina. The tegmina are evenly rounded apically and the venation is distinct and not reticulate. The hind tibiae, which are convex on their internal surfaces, are flattened exteriorly and bear a row of short mobile spines, mounted on slightly protuberant bases, along both the outer edges. In the female, the sheath of the ovipositor extends well beyond the apices of the tegmina (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]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-Sep-2011 20-Sep-2011 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)