Genus Yangupia Day, 1999
Yangupia occidentalis (Goding), type species of Yangupia Day.
© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.
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Genus Yangupia Day, 1999
Compiler and date details
12 April 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Yangupia Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [727].
Type species:
Centrotypus occidentalis Goding, 1903 by original designation.
Introduction
This genus was created for a single species from southwestern coastal regions of Western Australia. The name is derived as a corruption of the locality Yallingup, Western Australia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Diagnosis
Frontal margin highly arched. Gena angular, horizontal. Pronotum not gibbous. Lateral pronotal processes broad and in dorsal view uniformly curved backwards. Close to Eufairmairiella [Evans], but differs in M and Cu adjacent, ocelli not conspicuous, and cucullate setae present (Day 1999).
Day (1999) also provided a comprehensive description of the genus.
ID Keys
Fletcher, M.J. and Day M. F. (2005) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the Family Membracidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Membracidae) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/membracid/membrac00.htm [accessed: 11.iv.2012]
Diagnosis References
Day, M.F. 1999. The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 629-747 [727–729]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2012 | 16-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Apr-2012 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |