Longheaded Hopper
Head
Curved Longheaded Hopper
Wing Venation Comparison
| Longheaded Hopper Head | | Curved Longheaded Hopper Wing Venation Comparison | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | True Bugs (Hemiptera) | ||||
| Family: | Dictyopharid Planthopper (Hopper: Fulgoroidea, Dictyopharidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Curved Longheaded Hopper (Thanatodictya sp ES01) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Profile🔎 | ||||
Thank you Won-Gun Kim for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere We have found that all specimens have different wing venation. It's quite possible that the curved snout and wing venation are not diagnostic. We don't count these as separate species now; until some research is done on them to determine what diagnostic features separate the species. WonGun said "According to Kirby (1906), ... this one has 3 cells, and so it may be possibly T. insignis." But then when he saw the entire photo, he remarked "The shape of its cephalic process looks unusual." The "cephalic process" is the curved snout. Looking at other T. insignis, it doesn't seem to match. They generally have longer, even upturned, snouts. It's possible it's a gender variation, but there's not enough knowledge to be sure either way. So have left it at genus. | |||||
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