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Genus Hodoedocus Jacobi, 1910


Compiler and date details

26 July 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher

Introduction

This genus of bizarre leafhoppers has a disjunct distribution around the world. Species have been recorded in Africa, the Philippines, Central America and Australia where the endemic H. bunyensis Evans has been recorded in Queensland and New South Wales.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Diagnosis

Kopf stark verlängert; Scheitel doppelt so lang wie die Augen, fast eben, gerundetspitzig zulaufend, mit blattähnlichen Seitenrändern; die sehr kleinen Ozellen vor den Augen unterhalb des Scheitelrandes an der Stirn-Schläfennaht. Basis der massig gewölbten Stirn kielförmig zusammengedrückt und erhaben; Clipeus gross, rechteckig; unterer Wangenrand fast grade. Im Deckflügel viel Ulnarzellen (Jacobi 1910).

The head is broadly laminately extended and dorsoventrally thickened. On the face, the anteclypeus is parallel-sided and the lora extend anteriorly almost as far as the outer margins of the maxillary plates. The frontoclypeus is anteriorly flattened and posteriorly slopes steeply on either side; apically it consists of a sharp, deep keel. The ocelli are on the face, adjacent to the sides of the epicranial suture. The crown of the head, which is more than three times the length of the pronotum, is parallel-sided and apically rounded with a raised marginal rim. It is posteriorly slightly convex and anteriorly concave. The eyes are longer than the pronotum which is parallel-sided. The venation of the tegmina is distinct and vein M1+2 is present and apically incorporated with Rs (Evans 1966, as Stenometopius).

 

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)