Genus Procephaleus Evans, 1937

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• Procephaleus 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 [43].

  Type species:

   Procephaleus bulbosa Evans, 1937 by original designation.

 

Introduction

This monotypic genus contains a species with the apex of the head slightly bulbous in comparison with the heads of species in other genera. Whether this is a valid generic character remains to be tested.

 

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic, WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Diagnosis

The head is long, slightly bulbous apically and more or less circular* in cross section. The ocelli are rudimentary and the eyes are not prominent. The lateral portions of the anterior margin of the pronotum are not straight due to the backward prolongation of the eyes. The tegmina are coriaceous and the venation is distinct. The tibiae resemble those of Cephalelus spp. (Evans 1937).

*This is contradicted by the key published by Evans (1977) in which the face of the head is completely or medially flat in this genus.

 

ID Keys

Evans 1977: 90–91

 

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 [43]

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]

 

History of changes

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