Genus Ruandopsis Linnavuori, 1978

Ruandopsis bunyensis (Evans), only Australian species of the genus.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ruandopsis Linnavuori, R.E. 1978. Studies on the family Cicadellidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). 1. A revision of the Macropsinae of the Ethiopian region. Acta Entomologica Fennica 33: 1-17 [15].

  Type species:

   Ruandopsis kayovea Linnavuori, 1978 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Hamilton, K.G.A. 1980. Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist 112: 875-932 [901].

Introduction

This small genus was created for two African species but Hamilton (1980) transferred four species from the Australasian region into it, one from Queensland and three from New Guinea.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Diagnosis

Body form typical for Macropsinae. Face as in Macropsis Lewis. Pronotum declivous, vertical anteriorly, striations oblique, anteriormost striae transverse, connecting calli. Tegmina with three preapical cells, tegminal veins usually spotted with white. Hind tibial macrosetae invariably 7. Male pygofers armed with prominent erect spine from each ventroapical angle; dorsal connectives variously shaped, with bases appressed or fused, armed on dorsal end with variously shaped processes; dorsal connectives articulating against upper margins of pygofers (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 [901]

General References

Hamilton, K.G.A. 1980. Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist 112: 875-932 [901]

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