Family Tropiduchidae

Subfamily Tambiniinae Kirkaldy, 1907

Tribe Remosini Fennah, 1982

Genus Monopsis Spinola, 1839

Type species (in original combination): Monopsis tabida Spinola, 1839.

Synonyms: None.

Distribution: Presumably Caribbean (Dominican Republic); but M. sinica from Hong Kong.

Recognized species

There are 2 species currently in the genus, although one may be misplaced (or a missed synonym):

Monopsis tabida Spinola, 1839 - Dominican Republic? (Reported in error: USA: FL, Cuba) (original description reports from US)

Monopsis sinica Walker, 1851 - Hong Kong

    = Monopsis viridicans Stål, 1859: 281; syn by Melichar 1914: 142

Economic Importance:

Limited.

Known host plants: 

None.

Hosts from Wilson et al. (1994); plant names from USDA PLANTS or Tropicos.

Recognition:

Not verified from the U.S. (genus doubtfully distinct from Neurotmeta according to Metcalf & Bruner 1930, Fennah 1945).

Features are: median carina of frons present; lateral fields of pronotum about as wide as median fields (vs. Pelitropis); vertex longer than broad (vs. Tangia breviceps); forewings with M forking 1/3 from base (vs. Neurotmenta)

Fennah (1965) gives these features to contrast Neurotmeta with Tangia:

No photos of confirmed Monopsis available! (no confirmed specimens seen, not confirmed since original description).

Monopsis is not on Bugguide.

Collecting

Presumably at lights or beating.

Molecular resources: As of this writing, molecular data is not available for Monopis (the insect, not the plant) on Genbank or on Barcode of Life (the organisms in this genus on both sites are plants).

Selected references:

Atkinson, E. T. 1885C [dated 1886]. Notes on Indian Rhynchota, No. 4. [Homoptera Indica.]. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 54:127-158.

Atkinson, E. T. 1886a. Notes on Indian Rhynchota, No. 5. [Homoptera Indica.]. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 55:12-83.

Fennah, R.G. 1945. The Tropiduchidae of the Lesser Antilles (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 47(6): 137-167.

Melichar. L. 1914f. Monographie der Tropiduchinen (Homoptera). Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 1914:1-145.

Metcalf, Z. P. 1954. General Catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea, Part 11 Tropiduchidae. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Metcalf, Z. P. and S. C. Bruner. 1930. Cuban Fulgorina. 1. The families Tropiduchidae and Acanaloniidae. Psyche 37:395-424.

O'Brien, L. B. 1992. The Tropiduchidae of the United States (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 85(2): 121-126.

Spinola, M. 1839. Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Rhyngotes. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 8: 133-337.

Stål, C. 1859. Hemiptera. Species novas descripsit. Fregatten Eugenies Resa. Arkiv for Zoologi 4: 219-298.

Van Duzee, E. P. 1917. Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America North of Mexico (excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae). University of California Publications, Technical Bulletins, vol. 2. University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. i-xiv, 1-902.

Walker, F. 1851. List of the specimens of Homopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London. 2: 261-636.

Wilson, S. W. and J. E. McPherson. 1980. The distribution of the Fulgoroidea of the Eastern United States (Homoptera). Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 73(4): 7-20.

Wilson, S. W., C. Mitter, R. F. Denno, and M. R. Wilson. 1994. Evolutionary patterns of host plant use by delphacid planthoppers and their relatives. In: R. F. Denno and T. J. Perfect, (eds.). Planthoppers: Their Ecology and Management. Chapman and Hall, New York. Pp. 7-45 & Appendix.