Genus Scolypopa Stål, 1859

Scolypopa australis (Walker), type species of Scolypopa Stål.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scolypopa Stål, C. 1859. Novae quaedem Fulgorinorum formae speciesque insigniores. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 3: 313-327 [325].

  Type species:

   Pochazia australis Walker, 1851 by subsequent designation, see Jacobi, A. 1916. Kritische Bemerkungen über die Ricaniinae (Rhynchota Homoptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1915: 299-314 [306].
• Dechitus Walker, F. 1862. Characters of undescribed species of Homoptera in the collection of F.P. Pascoe, F.L.S. Journal of Entomology A 1: 303-319 [311].

  Type species:

   Dechitus aphrophoroides Walker, 1862 by subsequent designation, see Metcalf, Z.P. 1955. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea. Part 16, Ricaniidae. Raleigh N.C. : North Carolina State College 199 pp. [165].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Metcalf, Z.P. 1955. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea. Part 16, Ricaniidae. Raleigh N.C. : North Carolina State College 199 pp. [165]

Introduction

The genus Scolypopa is well known in eastern Australia because of the common passionvine hopper, S. australis (Walker) but the other Australian species of the genus are not so well known. The genus also extends across the Oriental region to India and the Philippines although there are only eight species recognised.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Caput thoraci subaequilatum, truncatum, ante oculos haud vel vix prominens; vertice transverso, postice late sinuato; fronte transversa, a medio sursum parum, versus clypeum valde rotundato-angustata, marginibus vix reflexis, tricarinata, carinis media distincta, lateralibus abbreviatus, obsoletis; clypeo convexo, haud carinato. Ocelli adsunt. Thorax semilunatus, antice rotundatus, postice late sinuatus, medio carinatus. Scutellum tricarinatum, carinis lateralibus anterius convergentibus. Tegmina sat ampla, abdomen nonnihil superantia, apicem versus sensim latiora, apice oblique truncata, angulo apicali exteriore rotundato; corio venis longitudinalibus, prope basin furcatis, per series 3 venularum transversarum conjunctis; area costali venis transversis instructa. Tibiae posticae bispinosae (Stål 1859).

Ces petits Ricaniides ont les élytres un peu élargis en arrière, de forme triangulaire, à bord costal très faiblement arqué en dehors et non sinué après le milieu de sa longueur; bord postérieur obliquement coupé. Angle apical arrondi, angle sutural obtus. Nervures longitudinales pas très serrées, nervures transversales formant trois lignes transversales dont la postérieure est située au devant du bord apical. Radius 1 et 2 partent de la cellule basale d'un même point. Médian et cubitus se bifurquent presque au même niveau. Membrane costale aussi large que la cellule costale, à nervures transversales denses. Front un peu plus large que long, à bords latéraux arrondis vers le clypeus; sur sa surface, trois carènes longitudinales, dont les latérales sont arquées et rapprochées du bord extérieur. Clypeus sans carènes. Vertex très étroit, plus court au milieu que sur les côtes. Pronotum très prolongé en avant et largement arrondi, carène au milieu. Écusson convexe, présentant trois carènes longitudinales dont les latéraux sont bifurquées par devant, les branches internes réunies à la carène médiane en angle aigu. Deux épines sur les tibias postérieurs (Melichar 1923).

ID Keys

Fletcher 2008: 108

Fletcher, M.J. (2008) Illustrated Key to the Described Genera of the family Ricaniidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/ricaniidae/ric00.htm

Diagnosis References

Fletcher, M.J. 2008. A key to the genera of Ricaniidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) recorded in Australia with notes on the Australian fauna, including a new species of Epithalamium Kirkaldy. Australian Journal of Entomology 47: 107-120 [108]

Melichar, L. 1923. Homoptera. Fam. Acanaloniidae, Flatidae et Ricaniidae. Genera Insectorum 182: 1-185 [142]

Stål, C. 1859. Novae quaedem Fulgorinorum formae speciesque insigniores. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 3: 313-327 [325]

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