Genus Microlopa Evans, 1966
Microlopa minuta Evans, type species of Microlopa Evans.
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Genus Microlopa Evans, 1966
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20 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Microlopa Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [87].
Type species:
Microlopa minuta Evans, 1966 by original designation.
Introduction
This monotypic endemic genus is known from high altitudes in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Its habitat is unknown but it may be associated with moss beds.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH)
Diagnosis
On the face of the head, which is approximately as long as wide, the labium terminates between the posterior margins of the hind coxae, the anteclypeus is narrowly pear-shaped and the postclypeus, which is slightly convex, is parallel-sided. The well developed antennal ledges are almost transverse and slightly curved and the face, posterior to these ledges, slopes steeply to the anterior margin of the head. A separate frontal region is not defined. On the crown of the head, which is broadly acute and flattened, the sides against the eyes are anterolaterally directed so that the crown is wider anteriorly than posteriorly. The pronotum is collar-shaped and the tegmina, which are apically acute, elytra-like. This description is based on a form with fully developed tegmina but lacking hind wings. Microlopa differs from Taslopa Evans (which is known in fully winged and brachypterous forms) in the lack of a well defined frontal region on the face of the head (Evans 1966).
ID Keys
Fletcher, M.J. (2005) Illustrated Key to the Australian Genera of the Tribe Ulopini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ulopinae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/ulopinae/ulop00.htm [accessed: 20.iii.2012]
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [87]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 27-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |