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Genus Maon Fennah, 1964


Compiler and date details

12 November 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher

  • Maon Fennah, R.G. 1964. Three new genera of Eurybrachyidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) from West Africa and Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 33(9-10): 157-162 [161].
    Type species:
     Maon sinuatus Fennah, 1964 by original designation.

 

Introduction

This monotypic genus is based on five males from Yanchep, north of Perth, Western Australia. Fennah (1964) described the male genitalia but did not illustrate them.

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Diagnosis

In general appearance, Maon is broadly similar to the platybrachine genera Olonia Stål and Euronotobrachys Kirkaldy but, in addition to the characters given in the key in Fennah (1964: 159), it is readily separated from both by the shape and venation of the tegmina.

 

ID Keys

Fennah (1964: 159)
Fletcher, M.J. (2000). Illustrated Key to the Genera of the family Eurybrachidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/eurybrachidae/eurygen00.htm

 

Diagnosis References

Fennah, R.G. 1964. Three new genera of Eurybrachyidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) from West Africa and Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 33(9-10): 157-162 [162]