Published December 20, 1946 | Version v1
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Muiralyricen Metcalf, 1946, new genus

  • 1. College of Agriculture and Engineering, University of North Carolins

Description

Genus: MUIRALYRICEN, new genus

Head small, consisting almost entirely of the large compound eyes and the strongly elevated contiguous carinae; vertex small, deeply incised posteriorly; lateral carinae strongly elevated, contiguous. Frontal carinae contiguous to the level of the base of the antennae, then flaring to the wide clypeal border. Subantennal process large. Shoulder keels large, auriculate. Antennae with the basal segment minute, second segment flattened, ovate. Tegmina broad, costal cell broad with a recurved cross vein near the middle; a heavy straight cross vein extending from media across subcostal and radial cells to the costal margin; cubital vein ending in the extended claval vein.

Orthotype, Muiralyricen ruber, new species.

This genus would fall in Muir's key (18, p. 238) next to Paralyricen Muir, but differs in essential details of head structure and wing venation. It agrees with Paralyricen in having the frontal carinae contiguous and in having both shoulder keels and subantennal processes with the antennae short. The first segment is minute.

Notes

Published as part of Metcalf, Z. P., 1946, Homoptera, Fulgoroidea and Jassoidea of Guam, pp. 105-148 in Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii :Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189 on page 114, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5174008

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Family
Derbidae
Genus
Muiralyricen
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Metcalf
Taxonomic status
new genus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Muiralyricen Metcalf, 1946