Genus Alleloplasis Waterhouse, 1839

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• Alleloplasis Waterhouse, G.R. 1839. Descriptions of some new species of exotic insects. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 2: 188-196 [194].

  Type species:

   Alleloplasis darwinii Waterhouse, 1839 by monotypy.

Introduction

The strange species in this endemic genus are associated with dry environments in southern and western Australia. They all have the forewings narrowed to elongate straps which are held above the body giving the species a grasshopper-like appearance. At least three undescribed species are known. The genus is unusual in Fulgoromorpha in the presence on the abdominal segments of sensory pits, these features usually being present on the head and abdomen of nymphs but very rarely persisting into the adult stage.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Diagnosis

Antennae tri-articulatae; articulis duabus basalibus magnis, harum prima brevissima, secunda longitudine latitudinem excellente, tertia minuta, orbiculari, seta terminali. Alae duae, elongatae, graciles; nervulo medio per totam uniuscujusque longitudinem excurrente, ramusculis obliquis ad latera divergentibus. Tarsi tri-articulati (Waterhouse 1839).

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J. (2001) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the family Tropiduchidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/tropid/tropid00.htm

Diagnosis References

Waterhouse, G.R. 1839. Descriptions of some new species of exotic insects. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 2: 188-196 [194]

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