Species Petalocephala concolor Walker, 1851

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ledra concolor Walker, F. 1851. List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 3 pp. 637-907. [826].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH sex unknown (presented by the Entomological Club), Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania).

Generic Combinations

• ?Ledra concolor (Walker, 1851). —
  Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [366]
• Petalocephala concolor (Walker, 1851). —
  Stål, C. 1862. Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 19(9): 479-504 [494]

Introduction

The identity and generic affinities of this species need to be determined following examination of the holotype in BMNH. It is known only from Tasmania ("Van Diemen's Land).

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Testacea, subfusiformis, punctata; scutum postice viridescens scutellum transverse sulcatum; alae anticae subtestaceae, punctatae; alae posticae limpidae. Testaceous, almost spindle-shaped; head flat, conical, as broad as the chest, very slightly arched, thickly and minutely punctured, very slightly concave along the hind border, with a slight middle ridge; its length more than half its breadth: chest almost flat; shield transversely striated, tinged with green towards the hind border; scutcheon pale testaceous, with a transverse suture; legs pale testaceous; fore-wings slightly testaceous, thickly punctured; hindwings colourless. Length of the body 4½ lines; of the wings 8 lines. (Walker 1851).

Diagnosis References

Walker, F. 1851. List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 3 pp. 637-907. [826]

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