Subgenus Macropsis (Parapediopsis) Hamilton, 1980
Compiler and date details
23 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Parapediopsis Hamilton, K.G.A. 1980. Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist 112: 875-932 [905].
Type species:
Macropsis benguetensis Merino, 1936 by original designation.
Introduction
This small subgenus contains two species in New Guinea, one in the Philippines and one in far north Queensland. Hamilton (1980) regarded it as the most primitive subgenus of Macropsis.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Diagnosis
Body form variable, either slender or short and stout [the latter in the Australian species]. Pronotum distinctly declivous, striations coarse to fine, weakly oblique, sometimes not meeting angularly at meson. Tegminal veins usually spotted with white. Hind tibial macrosetae invariably seven. Male pygofer sclerotised on dorsal margin to apex; pygofer spine short, not reaching upper margin of pygofer, arising on ventral margin, directed dorsad (Hamilton 1980).
ID Keys
Hamilton 1980: 881–884
Diagnosis References
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1980. Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist 112: 875-932 [905]
History of changes
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 19-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |