Genus Anacephaleus Evans, 1937
Compiler and date details
16 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Anacephaleus 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 species:
Anacephaleus minutus Evans, 1937 by original designation.
Introduction
This monotypic genus is distributed across the southern states of Australia. There is some variation in size across the distribution which led to a number of different species being recognised but they were later synonymised under the one species name.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE)
Diagnosis
The head is produced anteriorly but is shorter and wider than in other genera being more or less triangular in shape, flat or slightly rounded dorsally and convex ventrally. The antennal pits are deep. Ocelli may be present or absent and the eyes slightly or very prominent. The prothorax is emarginate laterally. The tegmina are transparent, hyaline or coriaceous and thickened along the anterior costal margin and the venation is distinct (Evans 1937).
ID Keys
Evans 1977: 90–91
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]
Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [90–91]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 27-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |