Species Ipoella brunneus (Evans, 1934)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anipo brunneus Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [160].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: A.L. Tonnoir), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
• Anipo unimaculata Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [160].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂ (coll.: H. Hacker), Brisbane, Queensland.

 

Introduction

This pale brown species with pale spotted pronotum is common across its wide range which extends from northern Western Australia to Victoria.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [43] (synonymy of A. unimaculata)

 

Generic Combinations

• Ipoella brunneus (Evans, 1934). — Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [43].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: gregarious, myrmecophilous, phloem feeder (associated flora: Eucalyptus tereticornis Smith [MYRTACEAE]; Eucalyptus sp [MYRTACEAE]).

 

Diagnosis

Head yellowish brown, eyes red. Pronotum yellowish brown spotted with white. Scutellum yellowish brown. Tegmen hyaline, greenish yellow in colour. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface, very pale yellowish brown. Legs yellowish brown. Length 5 mm. Head width 2.2 mm (Evans 1934).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1934. A revision of the Ipoinae (Homoptera: Eurymelidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 58: 149-167 [160]