Genus Dryadomorpha Kirkaldy, 1906

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• Dryadomorpha Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [335].

  Type species:

   Dryadomorpha pallida Kirkaldy, 1906 by monotypy.
• Paganalia Distant, W.L. 1917. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. Vol. VI, No vii — Rhynchota, Part II: Suborder Homoptera. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 17: 273-322 [314].

  Type species:

   Paganalia virescens Distant, 1917 by monotypy.
• Zizyphoides Distant, W.L. 1918. Rhynchota. Homoptera: Appendix. Heteroptera: Addenda. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma 7(i-viii): 1-210 [73].

  Type species:

   Zizyphoides indicus Distant, 1918 by original designation.
• Rhombopsis Haupt, H. 1927. Homoptera Palestinae I. Bulletin. The Zionist Organization. Institute of Agriculture and Natural History. Agricultural Experiment Station. Tel-Aviv, Palestine 8: 5-43 [22] [junior homonym; of Rhombopsis Gardner, 1916].

  Type species:

   Rhombopsis virens Haupt, 1927 by monotypy.
• Calotettix Osborn, H. 1934. Cicadellidae of the Marquesas Islands. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 114: 239-269 [247] [junior homonym; of Calotettix Bruner, 1908].

  Type species:

   Calotettix metrosideri Osborn, 1934 by original designation.
• Rhombopsana Metcalf, Z.P. 1952. New names in the Homoptera. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42: 226-231 [229] [replacement name; for Rhombopsis Haupt, 1927].
• Osbornitettix Metcalf, Z.P. 1952. New names in the Homoptera. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42: 226-231 [229] [replacement name; for Calotettix Osborn, 1934].
• Yakunopona Ishihara, T. 1954. Homopterous notes. Scientific Reports of the Matsuyama Agricultural College 14: 1-28 [12].

  Type species:

   Yakunopona yakushimensis Ishihara, 1954 by original designation.
• Khamiria Dlabola, J. 1979. Neue Zikaden aus Anatolien, Iran und aus südeuropäischen Ländern (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 25(3-4): 235-257 [252].

  Type species:

   Khamiria mangrovecola Dlabola, 1979 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Linnavuori, R.E. 1978. Revision of the Ethiopian Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Paraboloponinae and Deltocephalinae: Scaphytopiini and Goniagnathini. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bruxelles) 92: 457-500 [459] (synonymy of Zizyphoides Distant and Rhombopsana Metcalf)
• Webb, M.D. 1981. The Asian, Australasian and Pacific Paraboloponinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 43(2): 39-76 [49] (synonymy of Khamiria Dlabola, Osbornitettix Metcalf, Paganalia Distant and Yakunopona Ishihara)

 

Introduction

This genus is distributed through the Ethiopian, southern Palaearctic, Oriental, Pacific and Australian Regions. Webb (1981) recognised four species, two of which are found in Australia. Zhang and Webb (1996) recognised an additional four species from Africa and the Marquesas Islands.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Marquesas Ils.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Northern Kimberley (NK), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

The genus can be distinguished by its usually acutely produced head, internal male pygophore ledge and aedeagus with a pair of apical dorsally directed processes (Zhang & Webb 1996).

 

ID Keys

Zhang & Webb 1996: 10

 

Diagnosis References

Zhang, Y. & Webb, M.D. 1996. A revised classification of the Asian and Pacific selenocephaline leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Entomology) 65(1): 1-103 [14]

 

General References

Webb, M.D. 1981. The Asian, Australasian and Pacific Paraboloponinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 43(2): 39-76 [49–50]

Zhang, Y. & Webb, M.D. 1996. A revised classification of the Asian and Pacific selenocephaline leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Entomology) 65(1): 1-103 [14]

 

History of changes

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