Genus Toropsis Hamilton, 1980

Museums

Regional Maps

• Toropsis Hamilton, K.G.A. 1980. Contributions to the study of the world Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist 112: 875-932 [886].

  Type species:

   Oncopsis balli Kirklady, 1907 by original designation.

 

Introduction

Toropsis is the largest genus of Australian macropsines behind Macropsis Lewis. The genus is endemic with 11 species, most of which are restricted to the lower half of the continent and Tasmania, the most northerly records being T. gearyi (Evans) from Carnarvon in the south Brigalow belt of SE Queensland and T. minuspina Yang, Dietrich & Zhang from SW of Longreach in the Mitchell Grass Downs bioregion in Central Queensland. The body form is typical for Macropsinae but the pronotum is distinctly inflated (Hamilton 1980).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Warren (WAR) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Diagnosis

Body form typical for Macropsinae but with pronotum inflated. Face as wide as long; frons small and flat; ocelli as close to midline of face as to eyes; coronal pits poorly developed, slightly further apart than ocelli; lora small, clearly defined in both sexes; clypellus expanded apically. Pronotum inflated, vertical anteriorly, transversely striate. Tegmina with 3 preapical cells. Hind tibial macrosetae 8–10. Male pygofer unarmed; dorsal connectives small, each armed on dorsal end with short spatulate process; 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 [886]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019	Macropsinae Evans, 1935	05-Jun-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Murray Fletcher
05-Dec-2019		19-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)