Species Putoniessa serrata Stevens, 1994
Compiler and date details
10 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Putoniessa serrata Stevens, M.M. 1994. Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of the Australian genus Putoniessa Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadelloidea: Cicadellidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1037-1115 [1054].
Type data:
Holotype QM T.11579 ♂ (coll.: xi.1925?, G.H. Hardy), Brisbane, Queensland.
Introduction
This species is based on two males from Brisbane, collected in the 1920s.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Transcephalic stripe absent or indistinct. Aedeagus with two apical arms, posterior arm with two variably directed, subapically mounted spines; anterior arm with a raised serrate area on anterior margin (Stevens 1994).
Stevens (1994) also provided a comprehensive description and figures of the species.
ID Keys
Stevens 1994: 1046–1047
Diagnosis References
Stevens, M.M. 1994. Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of the Australian genus Putoniessa Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadelloidea: Cicadellidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1037-1115 [1054–1055]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2011 | 20-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |