Species Ledraprora compressa Evans, 1939
Compiler and date details
3 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Ledraprora compressa Evans, J.W. 1939. Some new Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63(1): 44-50 [45].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♀, King George Sound, Western Australia.
Introduction
These strange beasts with narrowly elongate anterior margin of the head are found in SW Western Australia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head ventrally pale brown, rugose; frontoclypeus narrowly produced posteriorly*, diamond-shaped in section, tilted dorsally. Pronotum brown, mottled with grey posteriorly. Scutellum pale brown. Tegmen whitish hyaline, veins brown barred with white. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface pale brown. Length 7 mm (Evans 1939).
* J.W. Evans regarded the mouth as being at the anterior extremity of the head so that the apical margin of the head was therefore posterior to the rest of the face with the anterior labium directed towards the hind end of the insect.
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1939. Some new Australian Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 63(1): 44-50 [45]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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20-Sep-2011 | 20-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |