Revision of the Australian Tropidocephalini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae)

Abstract

Australia has 2 genera and 4 species of Tropidocephalini: Pseudembolophoru mucleoyi Muir, Tropidocephulu dryas Kirkaldy, T. eximia (Kirkaldy) and T. neoomboinensis Muir; all are redescribed. T. homodryas Kirkaldy is synonymised with T. dryas. A key to these genera and species is given.

A key to the genera of Tropidocephalini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae) of China with description of Mucillnata rava, new genus and species

“…Tropidocephalini is the second largest tribe of the subfamily Delphacinae containing 33 genera, distributed in the Oriental, Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Australian and the Pacific Regions of the world. However, the majority of the species are found in the Oriental Region (Donaldson 1991;Chen 2003, Chen & Tsai 2009. Most species of the tribe feed on bamboo (Bambusoideae) or grasses (Poaceae) (Chen 2003, Chen & Tsai 2009.…”

Key to genera of the tribe Tropidocephalini (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae) from the People's Republic of China, with description of a new genus

“…Two genera are restricted to the Neotropical region, 2 to the Palaearctic region, and 1 to the Australian region. The widespread genus Tropidocephala Stål is distributed throughout the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental, Australian, and Pacific regions (Donaldson 1991).…”

Two New Genera of Tropidocephalini (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae) from Hainan Province, China

“…Most species of Tropidocephalini from China feed exclusively on Bambusoideae (Yang et al 1999;Chen 2003;Chen et al 2007a,b;Ding 2006). To date, the Chinese tribe Tropidocephalini has been increased to 18 genera, 3 subgenera and 82 species (Muir 1913(Muir , 1915Fennah 1956;Huang et al 1979;Kuoh 1979, 1980Ding & Tian 1981;Ding 1982Ding , 1987Ding , 2006Ding & Hu 1982, 1991Ding et al 1986Ding et al , 1999Zhu 1988;Yang 1989Yang , 1992Qin & Yuan 1998, 1999Chen 1999Chen , 2002Chen , 2003Chen & Ding 2000;Chen & Li 2000a,b, 2002Chen et al , 2006Chen et al , 2007aQin & Zhang 2005;Chen & Liang 2007).…”

“…Two genera are restricted to the Neotropical, 2 to the Palaearctic and 1 to the Australian region. The widespread genus Tropidocephala Stål is distributed through the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental, Australian, and Pacific regions (Donaldson 1991;Chen & Li 2000b;Chen 2003;Ding 2006).…”