Ulopella

Smith, Lydia R. J. & Webb, Michael D., 2016, Review of the Ulopella leafhopper genus group (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Ulopinae) with description of a new genus and species collected from pitfall traps in Zambia, Zootaxa 4189 (3), pp. 571-580 : 573-574

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.3.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:25CE5472-DE63-4BFB-81B2-CB3F3E9294BC

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6058483

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A20862-FFEB-FFC6-D1D3-891483BEF064

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Plazi

scientific name

Ulopella
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Key to genera of Ulopella View in CoL group

1 Globular in appearance ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 b, e, h)...................................................................... 2

- Not globular in appearance, more elongate.................................................................. 4

2 Scutellum vertical ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 b, h)............................................................................ 3

- Scutellum horizontal ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 e)................................................. Conlopa bredoni View in CoL (short wing form)

3 Crown with two processes ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 a–c)................................................................ Delopa View in CoL

- Crown without processes.............................................................. Aethiopulopa globula View in CoL

4 Relatively robust species, forewing veins raised ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 d, e); subgenital plate without basal lobe or with unfused basal lobes; style apex with one lateral processes....................................................................... 5

- Relatively slender species, forewing veins not raised ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 a, b); subgenital plates with fused basal lobes ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 j, arrowed); style apex bearing two lateral processes ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 j)...................................................... Kafulopa View in CoL

5 Forewing normal; hindwing present............................................ Conlopa bredoni View in CoL (long wing form)

- Forewing elytra-like ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 b); hindwing absent..............................................................6

6 Head rounded in profile ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 h) with weak anterior ridge; depressions on head and pronotum shallow; subgenital plate without basal lobe; basal arm of style long beyond its connection to connective; aedeagal shaft robust................ Ulopella View in CoL

- Head square-shaped in profile ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 b, e) with a distinct anterior ridge; depressions on head and pronotum conspicuous ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 a–d); subgenital plate with basal lobe; basal arm of style beyond its connection to connective, short; aedeagal shaft elongate.................................................................................... .. Aethiopulopa View in CoL (in part)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

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