Genus Schuerrera Löcker & Fletcher, 2006

Museums

Regional Maps

• Schuerrera Löcker, B. & Fletcher, M.J. in Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C., Gurr, G.M., Holzinger, W.E. & Löcker, H. 2006. Taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the Gelastocephalini (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20: 59-160 [136].

  Type species:

   Schuerrera ecarinata Löcker & Fletcher, 2006 by original designation.

Introduction

This genus of three species shows variation in the morphology and carination of the head but the species are united by features of the male genitalia. The name honours the first author's parents, Irmtraut and Ferdinand Schürrer.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Morphology. Body length. ♂ 4.0–5.3 mm, ♀ 4.8–6.8 mm. Head. Vertex 0.6–0.9× as long as wide, produced before eyes by 1/4–1/2 of an eye length; caudal border u-shaped. Frons 1.1–1.5× longer than wide; lateral carinae slightly elevated, lateral margins foliaceous, concealing base of antennae; median carina complete. Postclypeus with well developed lateral carinae; anteclypeus lacking carinae. Thorax. Concavity at costal border of forewing absent; Sc+R+M forming common stem; r–m1 distad of fork MA–MP. Hind tibia with six apical teeth in a row; 2nd tarsomere with nine apical teeth and seven platellae. Male genitalia. Genital styles broadly spoon-shaped. Aedeagus with two spines, occasionally with an additional spine. (Löcker et al. 2006)

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J., Löcker, B., Larivière, M.C. and Löcker, H. (2006). Illustrated Key to the Australian Genera of the Planthopper Tribe Gelastocephalini (Hemiptera: Cixiidae: Fulgoromorpha) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/cixiid/gelastocephalini/gel00.htm

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C., Gurr, G.M., Holzinger, W.E. & Löcker, H. 2006. Taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the Gelastocephalini (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20: 59-160 [136]

History of changes