Genus Trocnada Walker, 1858

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trocnada Walker, F. 1858. Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq. London : British Museum pp. 1-117. [103].

  Type species:

   Trocnada dorsigera Walker, 1858 by monotypy.
• Abelterus Stål, C. 1865. Homoptera nova vel minus cognita. Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm 22: 145-165 [157].

  Type species:

   Abelterus incarnatus Stål, 1865 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Distant, W.L. 1908. On some Australian Homoptera. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 52: 97-111 [100] (synonymy of Abelterus)

 

Introduction

An endemic genus of three species associated with the tree genus Eucalyptus L'Héretier (Myrtaceae). The type species is common and widespread across mainland Australia.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Jarrah Forest (JF)

Diagnosis

Gyponae affinis. Corpus validum, convexum, striis transversis minimis. Caput breve; frons plana, subrotunda, sulcis transversis lateralibus; facies dilatata. Scutellum magnum, transverse sulcatum, apicem versus lanceolatum. Pedes validi; tibiae posticae calcaribus plurimis robustis. AIae anticae subrugulosae, apud costam convexae, margine apicali perobliquo subtruncato. Body stout, convex. Head and thorax with minute transverse striae. Head short; vertex about four times broader than long; front flat, nearly round, with transverse furrows on each side; face dilated. Scutellum large, with a transverse furrow, lanceolate hindward, and extending to one-third of the length of the abdomen. Legs stout; hind tibiae with numerous strong spines. Fore wings slightly rugulose, convex along the costa, very oblique and slightly truncated along the apical border (Walker 1858).

Dai & Dietrich (2012) provide a comprehensive description of the genus.

 

Diagnosis References

Dai, W. and Dietrich, C.H. 2012. Review of the Australian leafhopper genus Trocnada with notes on related genera (Hemiptera:Cicadellidae: Iassinae). Zootaxa 3209: 53–66 [54–55]

Walker, F. 1858. Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq. London : British Museum pp. 1-117. [103–104]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019	Iassinae Amyot & Serville, 1843	08-Nov-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Murray Fletcher
05-Dec-2019		02-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)