Tribe Poiocerini Metcalf, 1938

Museums

Regional Maps

• Poiocerini Metcalf, Z.P. 1938. The Fulgorina of Barro Colorado and other parts of Panama. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 82: 277-423 [345].

  Type genus:

   Poiocera de Laporte, 1832.

Introduction

This is the only tribe of Poiocerinae present in Australasia. Metcalf (1938) recognised two subtribes based on the length of the last dorsal abdominal segment of the female and only one, the Poiocerina, is present in this region. A diverse fauna is present in New Guinea and two genera are known to occur in Australia.

Diagnosis

In this tribe the body is somewhat depressed. The head is frequently broad or very broad. The crown is strongly transverse not produced. The forehead is usually transverse. The pronotum and mesonotum are generally flat. The tegminae are narrow and elongate (Metcalf 1938).

ID Keys

Metcalf 1938: 342–343

Fletcher, M.J. (2005) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the family Fulgoridae described from Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/fulgorid/fulgo00.htm

Diagnosis References

Metcalf, Z.P. 1938. The Fulgorina of Barro Colorado and other parts of Panama. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 82: 277-423 [345]

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