Genus Cornutipo Evans, 1934
Cornutipo scalpellum Evans, type species of Cornutipo Evans.
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Genus Cornutipo Evans, 1934
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23 August 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Cornutipo Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [164].
Type species:
Cornutipo scalpellum Evans, 1934 by original designation. - Cornutipoides Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [164].
Type species:
Cornutipoides tricornis Evans, 1934 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Evans, J.W. 1969. Notes on the Eurymelidae (Homoptera; Cicadelloidea) and some new species from Eastern and Western Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 81(4): 51-55 [51] (synonymy of Cornutipoides)
Introduction
This endemic genus of three distinctive species is immediately recognised by the projections borne by all species on the front of the head. The genus is distributed mainly in inland or arid parts of the continent. Evans (1969) discusses primitive features which are retained in the genus which may indicate a relictual status.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Diagnosis
The three species now comprised in the genus Cornutipo differ from other eurymelids in the following characteristics: the face of the head is grotesque; the lora are swollen and extensive and their posterior apices lie close to the antennal depressions; the pronotum is laterally wide and the proepimera narrowly produced posteriorly; the male genitalia have unusually small subgenital plates and parameres (Evans 1969).
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. 1969. Notes on the Eurymelidae (Homoptera; Cicadelloidea) and some new species from Eastern and Western Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 81(4): 51-55 [51, 54]
History of changes
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 02-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
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