Species Procephaleus bulbosa Evans, 1937
Compiler and date details
19 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Procephaleus bulbosa 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 data:
Holotype AM ♀ (coll.: D.C. Swan), Carlisle, Western Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Procephaleus bulbosa Evans, 1937. —
Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [97] - Cephalelus bulbosa (Evans, 1937). —
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [91]
Introduction
This species has been recorded at King George Sound and Carlisle (the type locality) in Western Australia and at Kiata, Victoria. Whether the slightly bulbous apex of the head warrants its separation into its own genus needs to be tested.
Distribution
States
Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Vic, WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head ventrally pale brown, dorsally pale brown with dark brown punctures; eyes chocolate brown. Pronotum concolorous with the head. Scutellum pale brown with a few scattered punctures. Thorax and abdomen, ventral surface, and legs pale brown. Length 8.2 mm; head width 0.8 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 [43]
History of changes
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