Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)Planthoppers Index Alleloplasis Apollo maculiceps Colgaroides acuminata (Mango Planthopper) Desudaba maculata Desudaba psittacus Epithalamium aziola Eurybrachidae (Squathoppers) Platybrachys Rhotana gressittorum Saccharodite chrysonoe Scolypopa australis (Passionvine Hopper)

The genus Alleloplasis (in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha) are found in arid zones across the southern half of Australia. With only two species currently recognised, Alleloplasis darwinii and Alleloplasis vespula (from Western Australia).

See the Genus Alleloplasis Waterhouse, Fulgoroidea, NSW Government below for further information.2

Threadwing Hopper Fulgoroidea (Alleloplasis sp), Ashendon WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Threadwing Hopper Fulgoroidea (Alleloplasis sp), Ashendon WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Threadwing Hopper Fulgoroidea (Alleloplasis sp), Ashendon WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Threadwing Hopper Fulgoroidea (Alleloplasis sp), Ashendon WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Threadwing Hopper Fulgoroidea (Alleloplasis sp), Ashendon WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Threadwing Hopper Fulgoroidea (Alleloplasis sp), Ashendon WA © Jean and Fred Hort
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hemiptera
  • Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
  • Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
  • Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
  • Family: Tropiduchidae
  • Subfamily: Bladininae
  • Tribe: Gaetuliini
  • Genus: Alleloplasis
  • Species:
    • Alleloplasis darwinii Waterhouse, 1839
    • Alleloplasis vespula Fennah, 1949

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs © Jean and Fred Hort
  2. Genus Alleloplasis Waterhouse, Fulgoroidea, Insect keys, Department of Primary Industries Biosecurity Collections, New South Wales Government, https://idtools.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/tropid/allelopl.htm
  3. Alleloplasis Waterhouse, 1839, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/cf0aa90a-9cd2-4490-8030-55179142b19c

Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)Planthoppers Index Alleloplasis Apollo maculiceps Colgaroides acuminata (Mango Planthopper) Desudaba maculata Desudaba psittacus Epithalamium aziola Eurybrachidae (Squathoppers) Platybrachys Rhotana gressittorum Saccharodite chrysonoe Scolypopa australis (Passionvine Hopper)

HemipteraHemiptera Index Cicadellidae Cicadoidea Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers) Heteroptera (True Bugs)

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