Tharra, Kirkaldy

Metcalf, Z. P., 1946, Homoptera, Fulgoroidea and Jassoidea of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189, pp. 105-148 : 131-132

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5174008
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5B298959-4DF9-41E7-8490-E413E8B7B562
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5188159
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/416187ED-EB41-FFE6-FD5C-43118AF6FF27
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Tharra
status

Treatment

Genus THARRA Kirkaldy View in CoL

Tharra Kirkaldy, Haw. Sugar Plant. Assoc. Expt. Sta. Ent. Bull. View in CoL 1(9):324,

1906. Haplotype, Tharra labena Kirkaldy. View in CoL

Vertex elongate, angularly produced in front of eyes; ocelli large; face elongate, lateral margin sinuate at the level of the antennae; clypeal suture indistinct. Mesonotum somewhat longer than vertex; pronotum shorter. Tegmina with veins M one plus two wanting; first intermediate cell not divided into anteapical and basal cells; with a narrow appendix. Wings with a broad appendix and five apical cells.

This genus was erected for species from Australia and the Fiji Islands. SincethattimeBakerhasdescribedaspeciesfromthePhilippines. Thepresent species has all the essential characters of the genus, and I believe should be placed here.