Alara
From Species-ID
Family: Derbidae
Tribe: Rhotanini
Genus: Alara Distant, 1911
Type species: Alara dux Distant, 1911, by monotypy.
For a list of other species see Wikispecies
Synonyms
- Mecynorhynchus Muir, 1913
Type species: Mecynorhynchus kershawi Muir, 1913, by original designation.
Diagnosis
The genus is characterized by:
- the forewings have 5 broad costal cells which typically are gradually decreasing towards the apex,
- the Sc+R fork is located in the basal third of the forewing,
- Ms1 is often branched distad of its middle,
- Cu1 is usually connected to Ms1 by a crossvein or, less commonly, both veins merge for a short section,
- the antennae are usually more elongated than in other genera of the Rhotanini,
- the rostrum is long, usually reaching the middle or end of the abdomen.
References
- Distant, W.L. 1911: Description of new genera and species of oriental Homoptera. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 8(8): 643.
- Muir, F. 1913: On some new species of leaf-hoppers. Part II. Derbidae. Hawaii. Sugar Plant. Assoc., Entomol., Bull. 12: 82.
- Yang, C.T. and Wu, R. H. 1993: Derbidae of Taiwan (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Ching Chung Book Co Ltd., Taiwan, 230 pp.
- Zelazny, B. 1981: The Philippines species of Rhotanini (Homoptera: Derbidae) and their distribution outside the Philippines. Pacific Insects, 23(3-4): 213-285. PDF
- Zelazny, B. and Webb, M.D. 2011: Revision of the planthopper tribe Rhotanini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae). Zootaxa, 3071: 1–307. Preview
- Other images of Alara species (by Cheong Loong Fah, Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore - click to enlarge)
Alara nr. obscura
Alara nr. fusca
