Large Illyria Illyria major Moulds, 1985
Fauna Portal species: 2025
Illyria major male, dorsal (HBI N35135-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: Alexander Greenhill (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 10916Diagnosis
(after Moulds 1985): Rostrum not reaching to distal end of hind coxae; width of head including eyes greater than 10 mm, length of body rarely less than 25 mm.
External illustrations of genitalia (terminalia) cannot be used to identify planthoppers at the species level; male genitalic preparations are generally required. These illustrations here only serve to facilitate to determine the sex for the user.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1985): Illyria, a new genus for Australian cicadas currently placed in Cicada L.(= Tettigia Amyot) ( Homoptera: Cicadidae). General and Applied Entomology. 17: 25 - 35