Genus Katipo Evans, 1934

Katipo rubrivenosa (Kirkaldy), type species of Katipo Evans.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

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Regional Maps

• Katipo Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [160].

  Type species:

   Eurymeloides rubrivenosa Kirkaldy, 1906 by subsequent designation, see Evans, J.W. 1946. A natural classification of leaf-hoppers (Homoptera, Jassoidea). Part 2: Aetalionidae, Hylicidae, Eurymelidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 97(2): 39-54 [52].

Introduction

The genus Katipo contains three species which are common and widespread in eastern Australia. One of these extends through the Northern Territory to Papua New Guinea and another is also found in SW Western Australia. The third, K. rubrivenosa, is probably the best known in the genus and is found throughout the Murray Darling basin and neighbouring areas of southeastern mainland Australia. All species appear to be associated with species of Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae).

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: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Diagnosis

This genus can be distinguished from the two previous ones, to which it is closely related, by the character of the hind tibiae which bear two distinct spurs in addition to numerous 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 [160]

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