Genus Ipoella Evans, 1934

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• Ipoella Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [157].

  Type species:

   Ipoella fidelis Evans, 1934 by original designation.
• Anipo Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [159].

  Type species:

   Eurymela porriginosa Signoret, 1850 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [40] (synonymy of Anipo)

 

Introduction

Species of Ipoella are similar in appearance to some species of Ipoides Evans and Katipo Evans but can be immediately identified by the presence of a single, well developed hind tibial spur and a lack of other strong tibial spines. Ipoella fidelis and I. brunneus are two of the most common species of Ipoini. The genus is endemic and widespread over most parts of the Australian mainland with eleven species recognised.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

This genus differs from similar ipoine genera in the following characters: The labium only reaches to between the middle pair of legs; the head is only visible from above as a very narrow edge in the centre, though slightly wider against the eyes; the anterior margin of the pronotum is at a much lower level than the posterior margin; the tegmina have numerous costal cells; the hind tibiae have a few small spines in addition to one large spur; the subgenital plates in the male are broader and the aedeagus is differently shaped (Evans 1934)

 

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. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [157]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		02-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)