Eleazara aedificatura Distant, 1908

Huang, Weijian & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, First record of the genus Eleazara Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Ledrinae) in Malaysia, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4532 (3), pp. 434-440 : 436

Eleazara aedificatura Distant, 1908

Eleazara aedificatura Distant, 1908: 182

Description. “Ferruginous-brown; vertex of head shorter than breadth between eyes, its anterior area strongly granulose; pronotum strongly granulose on posterior area, more finely so on lateral areas, which are foveately depressed; a faint central longitudinal carination on disk, a short oblique ridge between eyes and two widely separated somewhat large discal flattened tubercles; scutellum elevated in a laminate recurved process; tegmina with rather more than basal half granulose and rugose, a somewhat prominent tubercle on clavus, apical area smooth with the veins elevated and prominent; tip of face at anterior margin of head black; anterior legs strongly granulose, intermediate and posterior tibiae strongly grooved. Length incl. tegm. ♀ 15 millim.” ( Distant, 1908)

Distribution. India (Assam).

Male. Unknown.

Diagnosis. This species resembles E. yangi Cai & He but differs in having a testaceous body and scutellum length shorter than head length.