Species Ipoella fidelis Evans, 1934

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

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂ (coll.: H. Hacker), Bunya Mountains, Queensland.
• Ipoella canberrensis Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [159].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: J.W. Evans), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

 

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 I. canberrensis)

 

Introduction

This is a common and widespread species of Ipoini, particularly in the eastern states. It has been recorded on a number of species of Eucalyptus L'Héretier (Myrtaceae).

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder (associated flora: Eucalyptus populifolia Desf., 1829 [MYRTACEAE] Poplar Box; Eucalyptus miniata Schauer [MYRTACEAE]; Eucalyptus tetradonta F.Mueller [MYRTACEAE]).

 

Diagnosis

Head greyish yellow with a dark brown T-shaped area stretching from the base of the clypeus to a little above the dorsal margin of the frons and extending laterally to the eyes. Pronotum grey mottled with dark brown. Scutellum yellowish brown. Tegmen hyaline, irregularly mottled with dull brown; veins brown with white bars. Thorax ventral surface black. Legs pale brown streaked with dark brown. Abdomen ventral surface pale brown. Male subgenital plates broad with a small spine attached to the finger-like process; parameres short and broad. Length 6 mm. Head width 2.5 mm (Evans 1934).

 

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)
26-Jun-2023	MEMBRACOIDEA	26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
10-May-2022	CICADOMORPHA	24-May-2023	MODIFIED
02-Jun-2021	AUCHENORRHYNCHA	26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019	CICADELLIDAE Latreille, 1825	26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Murray Fletcher
05-Dec-2019		26-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
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