Genus Rhotana Walker, 1857

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• Rhotana Walker, F. 1857. Catalogue of the Homopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 1: 141-175 [160].

  Type species:

   Rhotana latipennis Walker, 1857 by monotypy.

Introduction

This genus is probably more diverse in the rainforest regions of northern Australia than the handful of species would indicate. The species are delicate, often white or orange in colour with dark markings, and with relatively broad gauzy wings.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Vertex of the head forming a sharp edge; front triangular, acuminated towards the vertex; face lanceolate. Prothorax very short. Mesothorax with elevated borders and with two indictinct keels. Wings broad; fore wings with a few veins, some of which are forked, and with only one line of transverse veinlets (Walker 1857).

Diagnosis References

Walker, F. 1857. Catalogue of the Homopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 1: 141-175 [160]

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