Genus Opio Evans, 1934
Opio multistriga (Walker), type species of Opio Evans.
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Genus Opio Evans, 1934
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6 September 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Opio Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [165].
Type species:
Bythoscopus multistriga Walker, 1858 by original designation.
Introduction
This endemic genus contains a single quite distinctive species distributed through the eastern half of New South Wales. It has been collected from Casuarinaceae in the Sydney region.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW: New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Diagnosis
This isolated and distinct genus contains only one species. Insects narrowly wedge-shaped; head only slightly wider than long, flat, the maxillary plates, lorae and clypeus being on the same plane as the frons; labium reaching to the base of the hind legs; hind margin of the crown from above only slightly curved. Hind tibiae with three spurs decreasing in size from the apex of the tibiae to the base (Evans 1934).
ID Keys
Fletcher, M.J. (2008) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the Tribe Ipoini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/eurymelinae/ipo00.htm
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [165]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 02-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |