Genus Ipoides Evans, 1934

Ipoides hackeri Evans, type species of Ipoides Evans.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

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Regional Maps

• Ipoides Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [155].

  Type species:

   Ipoides hackeri Evans, 1934 by original designation.

Introduction

Eight species of Ipoides are known distributed over most of Australia (except Tasmania) and into Papua New Guinea with one species in New Caledonia. Species of Ipoides are mainly plain, nondescript ipoines with a single strong hind tibial spur and numerous strong tibial spines. Ipoides hackeri Evans and I. honiala Evans are widespread and common species on a variety of plants. I. melaleucae is relatively common on Melaleuca spp (Myrtaceae) in northern parts of Australia and New Guinea.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Diagnosis

This genus is closely related to Stenipo. The crown is visible dorsally as a broad border, slightly wider agaisnt the eyes than in the middle. Tegmina narrow, the appendix big. Hind tibia with one spur and a few small spines. Male genitalia with narrow subgenital plates, short parameres adn the aedeagus without apical spines (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 [155]

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