Genus Iposa Evans, 1977

Museums

Regional Maps

• Iposa Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [86].

  Type species:

   Anipo fusca Evans, 1942 by original designation.

 

Introduction

This genus is distinguished primarily through the tiny size of its only species and features of the male genitalia and hind tibial spination.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Diagnosis

Small eurymelids resembling species of the genus Ipoella in general characteristics and, in particular, in having a single spine mounted on an enlarged base on the hind tibiae. Differing from Ipoella spp. in size, being considerably smaller, in having three instead of more than three veins between R and the costal margin, in having broader subgenital plates with medial, instead of marginal, accessory clasping processes and hind tibiae which as well as having a mounted spine, have also three rows of long, strong, marginal spines (Evans 1977).

 

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. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [86]

 

History of changes

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05-Dec-2019		02-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
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