Genus Pseudembolophora Muir, 1920

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• Pseudembolophora Muir, F. 1920. A new genus of Australian Delphacidae (Homoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45(1): 182-183 [182].

  Type species:

   Pseudembolophora macleayi Muir, 1920 by original designation.

Introduction

This monotypic genus was described from King George's Sound in the southern coastal regions of Western Australia and demonstrates that this region of Australia probably has many more unusual Delphacidae to be found. It was also recorded from near Perth, Western Australia, by Fennah (1965).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Diagnosis

Head very long and flattened laterally, three times as long as the pro- and meso-nota together; vertex narrower at apex than at base, a median carina on basal third after which it fades out; median frontal carina entire from base to apex, lateral carinae from base to eye, and another from near the eye to apex, a transverse carina on gena; eye oblong with a slight antennal emargination; clypeus in profile produced into a strong point in middle, tricarinate; antennae terate [sic = terete?] reaching slightly beyond apex of face, first joint about as long as wide, second joint twice the length of first, slightly enlarged to apex, arista apical. Pronotum tricarinate, lateral carinae very slightly diverging posteriorly, reaching the hind margin; mesonotum tricarinate. Hind femora short, reaching one-fourth from apex of abdomen in male and about one-half in female; tibiae longer than femora; tarsi shorter than tibiae, first tarsal joint subequal to the other two together; spur slightly shorter than first tarsus, cultrate, thick, slightly concave on inner surface, a strong tooth at apex but none on hind margin. Tegmina long and narrow, the apex produced to an acute point (Muir 1920).

Diagnosis References

Muir, F. 1920. A new genus of Australian Delphacidae (Homoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45(1): 182-183 [182]

General References

Fennah, R.G. 1965. Delphacidae from Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 17(1): 1-59 [12]

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