Genus Eumetopina Breddin, 1896

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Family Delphacidae Leach, 1815

Subfamily Delphacinae Leach, 1815

Tribe Delphacini Leach, 1815

Genus Eumetopina Breddin, 1896: 109

Type species: Eumetopina krugeri Breddin, 1896

Genus Synonym:

Gelastodelphax Kirkaldy 1906: 411 (Type species Gelastodelphax histrionicus Kirkaldy 1906 by monotypy); to Eumetopina by Fennah 1965: 54; removed from synonymy by Bellis and Donaldson (2015: 2) because of misidentification by Fennah.

Distribution

Indomalayan

Recognized species

(distribution information may be incomplete)

There are 8 species in this genus, as follows

1. Eumetopina bakeri Muir, 1919 – Borneo
2. Eumetopina bicornis Fennah, 1965: 54 – New Guinea
3. Eumetopina caliginosa Muir, 1913 – Malaysia, Kei Islands
4. Eumetopina flava Muir, 1919 – Philippine Islands,
5. Eumetopina flavipes Muir, 1913 – Malaysia, Borneo, Philippine Islands, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Torres Strait Islands and northern peninsula area of Cape York, Queensland); Also recorded from Indonesia, Borneo, Sarawak, Solomon Isles, Philippines, New Caledonia (M. Wilson)
6. Eumetopina hancocki Muir, 1929 – Uganda
    Eumetopina histrionica (Kirkaldy, 1906) – Australia: Queensland
= Gelastodelphax histrionicus Kirkaldy 1906: 411.
= Eumetopina histrionica (Kirkaldy, 1906); comb. by Fennah 1965: 54; returned to Gelastodelphax by Bellis and Donaldson (2015).
7. Eumetopina krugeri Breddin, 1896: 109 – Indonesia, Borneo
8. Eumetopina maculata Muir, 1919 – Philippine Islands

Plant Associations

Eumetopina flava – Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L., Poaceae)

Eumetopina flava  – Saccharum edule Hassk., Saccharum officinarum L., Saccharum robustum E.W. Brandes & Jeswiet ex Grassl, Saccharum spontaneum L.
(Poaceae; Anders et al. 2010).

Plant associations from Anders et al. 2010; See also FLOW. (none in Wilson et al. 1994)

Economic Importance

Eumetopina flava is the “island sugarcane planthopper” and the vector of Ramu stunt disease in sugarcane.  There have been extensive efforts to keep this species out of Australia and New Zealand.

See e.g., http://www.sugarresearch.com.au/icms_docs/163505_Eumetopina_flavipes_Dossier.pdf

Recognition

Eumetopina flavipes – and other members of this genus – are strongly flattened unlike nearly all other Delphacini (in North America or elsewhere).

Online resources

EOL
FLOW
Discover Life
Bugguide (n/a)
Leafhopper, Planthopper & Psyllid Vectors of Plant Disease (Eumetopina flavipes)
Insects of Australia (Eumetopina flavipes and E. histronica)
3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases (Dmitry Dmitriev)

Sugar Research Australia “DOSSIER ON Eumetopina flavipes AS A PEST OF SUGARCANE” (PDF)

Web Images

Forestry Images = Eumetopina flavipes

http://www.invasive.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=61061

Molecular resources

Both Genbank and Bold has data for Eumetopina flavipes.

Selected References

Allsopp, P. G. 1991. Quarantine survey of all sugarcane pests and diseases on the Torres Strait Islands 1989. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 13: 83-87.

Anders, K. L., T. E. Deveson, N. Sallam and B. C. Congdon. 2010. Wind-assisted migration potential of the island sugarcane planthopper Eumetopina flavipes (Hemiptera: Delphacidae): implications for managing incursions across an Australian quarantine frontline. Journal of Applied Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01871.x.

Anderson, K. L. 2011. Invasion potential of the island sugarcane planthopper, Eumetopina flavipes (Hemiptera: Delphacidae): vector of Ramu stunt disease of sugarcane. James Cook University, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia PhD thesis.

Anderson, K. L. and B. C. Congdon. 2013. Population genetics suggest that multiple invasion processes need to be addressed in the management plan of a plant disease vector. Evolutionary Applications 6(4): 660-672.

Anderson K. L., M. Sallam and B. C. Congdon. 2007. Long distance dispersal by Eumetopina flavipes (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), vector of Ramu stunt: is culture contributing? Proceedings of Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 29: 226-234.

Anderson, K. L., Sallam, N. and B. C. Congdon. 2009.The effect of host structure on the distribution and abundance of the island sugarcane planthopper, Eumetopina flavipes Muir, vector of Ramu stunt disease of sugarcane. Virus Research 141: 247-257. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.10.021. Epub 2009 Jan 31.

Anderson, K. L., T. E. Deveson, N. Sallam and B. C. Congdon. 2010. Wind-assisted migration potential of the island sugarcane planthopper Eumetopina flavipes (Hemiptera: Delphacidae): implications for managing incursions across an Australian quarantine frontline. Journal of Applied Ecology 47(6): 1310-1319.

Bellis, G. and M. Fletcher. 2005. Island Sugarcane Planthopper (Eumetopina flavipes). Updated on 11/25/2011 10:47:56 AM Available online: PaDIL – http://www.padil.gov.au. (that link appears dead; try this)

Bellis, G. A. and Donaldson, J. F. 2015. Reassessment of some of Kirkaldy’s Australian species of Delphacini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae). Austral Entomology. doi: 10.1111/aen.12180 (here)

Bourke, T. V. 1968. Further records of insects collected from Saccharum officinarumin the territory of Papua and New Guinea, with notes on their potential as pest species. Proceedings of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 13: 1416-1423.

Braithwaite, K., K. Chandler and N. Sallam. 2016. Barcoding: A tool to assist the industry to manage insect incursions. International Sugar Journal 118(1411): 516-521.

Breddin, G. 1896. Javanische Zuckerrohrschädlinge aus der Familie der Rhynchoten. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 1: 105-110.

Chandler, K. J. and B. J. Croft. 1986. Quarantine significance of pests and diseases of sugarcane on the Torres Strait islands. Proceedings of Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 8: 129-133.

Cronjé, C.P.R., R. A. Bailey, P. Jones and S. Suma. 1999. The phytoplasma associated with Ramu stunt disease of sugarcane is closely related to the white leaf phytoplasma group. Plant Disease 83: 588.

Eastwood, D. 1990. Ramu Stunt disease – Development and consequences at Ramu Sugar Ltd. Sugar Cane 2: 15-19.

Fennah, R. G. 1965. Delphacidae from Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 17(1): 1-59.

Grimshaw, J. F. and J. F. Donaldson. 2007. Records of two sugarcane pests Eumetopina flavipes Muir (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) and Chilo terrenellus Pagenstecher (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Torres Strait and far north Queensland. Australian Journal of Entomology 46: 35–39.

Kirkaldy, G. W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their Natural Enemies. Pt IX. Leafhoppers – Hemiptera. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association Division of Entomology 1(9): 271-479.

Kuniata, L. S., G. R. Young, E. Pais, P. Jones and H. Nagaraja. 1994. Preliminary observations on Eumetopina sp. (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) as a vector of Ramu stunt disease of sugarcane in Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 33(2): 185-186.

Kuniata, L. S., K. J. Chandler and K. T. Korowi. 2001. Management of sugarcane pests at Ramu, Papua New Guinea. Proceedings of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 24(2): 382-388.

Muir, F. A. G. 1913. On some new Fulgoroidea. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 2: 237-269.

Muir, F. A. G. 1919. Some Malayan Delphacidae (Homoptera). Philippine Journal of Science 15: 521-531.

Muir, F. A. G. 1929. New and little-known African Delphacidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10) 4: 186-222.

Sallam, M. and K. L. Anderson. 2006. Preparation for invasion by the insect vector of Ramu stunt. BSES Bulletin12: 8-9.

Sugar Research Australia. not dated. Dossier on Eumetopina flavipes as a pest of sugarcane. Accessed 04 Jan 2016. available at http://www.sugarresearch.com.au/page/Growing_cane/Biosecurity/Publications/Eumetopina_flavipes_dossier/ [pdf, 6 pp]

Waller J. M., B. T. Egan and D. Eastwood. 1987. Ramu stunt, an important new sugarcane disease in Papua New Guinea. Tropical Pest Management 33: 347-349.

Wilson, M. R. 2004. Biology and distribution of the sugarcane planthopper genus Eumetopina (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha; Delphacidae). Poster exhibition-XII International Congress of Entomology. poster pdf