Species Platyledra hirsuta Evans, 1937
Compiler and date details
23 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Platyledra hirsuta Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea: Homoptera) Part 4. — (Ledridae, Ulopidae and Euscelidae, Paradorydiini). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 37-50 [40].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♀ (coll.: A.M. Lea), Ooldea, South Australia.
Introduction
This species appears to be an arid zone inhabitant having been found in inland arid areas of South Australia and Western Australia.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head with ventral surface dull yellow, clypeus red, lateral frontal sutures brown. Frons, antennal pits and clypeus sparsely covered with short white hairs. Dorsal surface of head, pronotum and scutellum pale brown with dark brown markings. Tegmen grey, veins dark grey. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface and legs pale brown with dark brown markings. Length, from apex of head to tip of folded tegmina, 17 mm (Evans 1937).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea: Homoptera) Part 4. — (Ledridae, Ulopidae and Euscelidae, Paradorydiini). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 37-50 [40]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 02-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |