Drawings of Dichotropis amboinensis (male specimen from the Philippines): upper left - forewing; upper right - tip of abdomen with pygofer, anal segment and genital style (inset = process attached to inner side of style); bottom left - head in dorsal view and right - in frontal view.
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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fulgoroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamilia: Fulgoroidea

Familia: Derbidae
Subfamilia: Otiocerinae
Tribus: Rhotanini
Genus: Dichotropis
Species: D. amboinensis – D. brevis – D. flexuosa – D. maai – D. nivea – D. peregrina – D. sedlacekorum – D. straatmani – D. sublimis

Name

Dichotropis Muir, 1913

Type species: Dichotropis amboinensis Muir, 1913, by original designation.

Diagnosis

The genus is characterized by:

  • The forewings have 5 costal cells and are completely white and heavily powdered,
  • the facial carinae always separated,
  • the male anal segment usually bears prominent lateral processes,
  • the male genital styles nearly always have a finger-like process arising from the inside of their base which bears terminal bristles.

References

  • Muir, F. 1913: On some new species of leaf-hoppers. Part II. Derbidae. Hawaii. Sugar Plant. Assoc., Entomol., Bull. 12: 82.
  • Zelazny, B. 1981: The Philippines species of Rhotanini (Homoptera: Derbidae) and their distribution outside the Philippines. Pacific Insects, 23(3-4): 213–285. PDF
  • Zelazny, B.; Webb, M.D. 2011: Revision of the planthopper tribe Rhotanini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae). Zootaxa, 3071: 1–307. Preview
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