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Tribe Stenometopiini Baker, 1923


Compiler and date details

20 October 2016 - Murray J. Fletcher

Introduction

The group of leafhoppers that are assigned to the Stenometopiini are linked together on the basis of a strong similarity in the structures of the male genitalia. The pygofer is triangularly produced and the aedeagus is strongly recurved and attenuated to form a long undulating filamentous structure reaching back beyond the basal attachment of the aedeagus. Five species in four genera are present in Australia.

 

Diagnosis

Stenometopiini are small to medium sized, often brightly coloured or iridescent leafhoppers. They can be identified by the narrow crown, shagreen texture of the crown, clypellus parallel-sided or tapering apically, forewings often submacropterous to brachypterous, male pygofer sloping caudoventrally and with few macrosetae and often with a distinct lateral tooth, female ovipositor protruding far beyond the pygofer apex, first valvula dorsal sculpturing granulose to maculose and submarginal, first valvula with distinctly delimited ventroapical sculpturing, and second valvula without dorsal teeth (Zahniser and Dietrich 2013).

 

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J. (2009 and updates). Key to the leafhoppers and treehoppers of Australia and neighbouring areas (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/index.html

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019 Deltocephalinae Dallas, 1870 20-Oct-2016 MODIFIED Dr Murray Fletcher
05-Dec-2019 13-Aug-2013 MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019 16-May-2012 MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019 05-Aug-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)