Genus Loralia Evans, 1966

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• Loralia Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [233].

  Type species:

   Loralia pulcherrima Evans, 1966 by original designation.

 

Introduction

This endemic genus is placed tentatively in the Deltocephalini. In its structure, it is an unusual leafhopper and may belong elsewhere, even in a tribe of its own. Only the type species, from the Sydney basin and Mt Kosciuszko regions of New South Wales, has been described but a second species is known from the south coast of South Australia, including Kangaroo Island.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Sydney Basin (SB)

Diagnosis

The face of the head is flat and wider than long and the labium terminates at the base of the middle coxae. The antennae extend beyond the outer margin of the head and antennal ledges are lacking. The crown, which is slightly longer in the centre than against the eyes, is flat and the ocelli, which are on the margin of the head close to but not adjoining the eyes, are not visible from above. The tegmina are short and broad and in the female do not extend as far as the apex of the abdomen (Evans 1966).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [233]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		13-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		16-May-2012	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		05-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)