Genus Mapochiella Evans, 1966
Compiler and date details
1 July 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Mapochiella Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [140].
Type species:
Mapochiella rotundata Evans, 1966 by original designation.
Introduction
Whether this genus is valid or just an extreme version of Paradorydium Kirkaldy needs to be tested using molecular methodologies. Both described species were based on material from southeastern Queensland. However, there are specimens of the genus from parts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia which may be undescribed or all forms may be one species that varies in the degree of expansion of the anterior part of the head.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Diagnosis
The sides of the crown of the head are parallel with each other for at least the basal two thirds. On the face of the head there is a sharply defined median carina and a prominent median longitudinal ridge on the crown. The veins of the tegmen are raised in relief and the crossvein Rs, which links R with M, is present. Mapochiella differs from Paradorydium in having a wide parallel-sided crown (Evans 1966).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [140]
History of changes
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Dec-2019 | 16-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Dec-2019 | 05-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |