Genus Anemolua Kirkaldy, 1906
Anemolua hanuala Kirkaldy, type species of Anemolua Kirkaldy.
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Genus Anemolua Kirkaldy, 1906
Compiler and date details
25 July 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Anemolua Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [329].
Type species:
Anemolua hanuala Kirkaldy, 1906 by monotypy.
Introduction
This monotypic genus is found in tropical Queensland and the Northern Territory. Only one species is described but a second is known in collections from Sue Island, Torres Strait and Cape York Peninsula in North Queensland.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Gulf Plains (GUP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Diagnosis
Vertex slightly convex and a little declivous; about one-half longer than wide between the eyes. Eyes large, each much wider than the vertex at the base, interolateral margin divergent towards the apex: vertex rounded in front of eyes, the latter forming part of the curve of the head. Vertex impressed at the base, sulculate mediolongitudinally. Frons elongate, about two thirds longer than wide at base, lateral margins somewhat straight, gradually narrowing towards the apical margin, which is scarcely wider than base of clypeus. Antennae elongate. Clypeus much longer than wide, widening slightly apically, lorae small, scarcely reaching further posteriorly than half the length of the clypeus; genae not angulate exterolaterally posteriorly. Pronotum slightly arched anteriorly, roundly emarginate posteriorly, lightly carinate longitudinally, lateral margins obsolescent. Scutellum shorter than wide. Tegmina reticulate, fundamentally 4 or 5 discoidals. Posterior legs elongate. (Kirkaldy 1906).
Diagnosis References
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [329]
History of changes
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 16-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Dec-2019 | 05-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |