Curved Longheaded Hopper
Profile
Longheaded Hopper
Dorsal
| Curved Longheaded Hopper Profile | | Longheaded Hopper Dorsal | | ||
 | 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: | Wing Venation Comparison | ||||
Thank you Won-Gun Kim for helping with the id of this species for us EXTRA - Photo Specific Information: Notice the wing venation of each specimen we have photographed is different. They are in sequence in this photo, with an arrow highlighting the difference between the specimens 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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