Species Microlopa minuta Evans, 1966

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• Microlopa minuta Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [87].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: ii.1964, J.W. Evans, on grasses), near Waldheim HS, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.

 

Introduction

This species has fully developed tegmina but lacks hindwings. It therefore differs from Taslopa montana Evans which has a fully winged and a brachypterous form. The tegmen of the only known species is apically acute (not particularly apparent on the image provided here) but not angulate as in Doowella wanungarae (Evans). It is also quite different in the orientation of the antennal ledges and other features of the face. The species has been recorded from high country in New South Wales and Victoria as well as on Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, where it was collected on grass.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder (associated flora: Orites sp. [PROTEACEAE]).

 

Diagnosis

General coloration pale or dark brown. Crown of head, thorax and tegmina punctate. Length, wingless ♂ 2.8 mm, wingless ♀ 3.8 mm (Evans 1966).

 

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)
23-Aug-2024	Ulopinae Le Peletier & Serville, 1825	23-Aug-2024	MODIFIED
26-Jun-2023	MEMBRACOIDEA	16-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
10-May-2022	CICADOMORPHA	23-Aug-2024	MODIFIED
02-Jun-2021	AUCHENORRHYNCHA	23-Aug-2024	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019	CICADELLIDAE Latreille, 1825	23-Aug-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Murray Fletcher
05-Dec-2019		23-Aug-2024	MODIFIED
		23-Aug-2024	MODIFIED