Genus Paracephaleus Evans, 1942

Paracephaleus montanus Evans, type species of Paracephaleus Evans.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paracephaleus Evans, J.W. 1942. Some new leafhoppers from Australia and Fiji. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 54(5): 49-51 [49].

  Type species:

   Paracephaleus montanus Evans, 1942 by original designation.

Introduction

This is the largest genus of Cephalelini in Australia with five species distributed between SW Western Australia and the southeastern states. The genus is otherwise represented only in New Zealand which has two endemic species.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic, WA: Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Jarrah Forest (JF), New England Tablelands (NET), Riverina (RIV), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

Diagnosis

The head is concave ventrally and convex dorsally, ocelli are present on the crown and the lateral margin of the head is notched on each side close to and in front of the eyes. The pronotum is declivous and is wider posteriorly than anteriorly. The venation of the tegmen is distinct and hindwings are present. These have a reduced venation, both the radius and media being unbranched (Evans 1942).

ID Keys

Evans 1977: 90–91

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1942. Some new leafhoppers from Australia and Fiji. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 54(5): 49-51 [49–50]

Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [90–91]

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