Species Putoniessa stanthorpensis Stevens, 1994
Compiler and date details
10 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Putoniessa stanthorpensis Stevens, M.M. 1994. Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of the Australian genus Putoniessa Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadelloidea: Cicadellidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1037-1115 [1103].
Type data:
Holotype QM T.11570 ♂ (coll.: 11-30, H. Jarvis), Stanthorpe, Queensland.
Introduction
This species is only known from the male holotype from Stanthorpe in SE Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: New England Tablelands (NET)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Transcephalic stripe absent. Aedeagal shaft undivided, ending obtusely and bearing a total of four spines. Pararnere stout apically, apical notch deep, slightly laterally directed. Pygophore process broad, downturned (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 [1103–1105]
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) |