Species Putoniessa evansi Stevens, 1994
Compiler and date details
7 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Putoniessa evansi Stevens, M.M. 1994. Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of the Australian genus Putoniessa Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadelloidea: Cicadellidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1037-1115 [1081].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: i.1961, M. Wallace), Perth, Western Australia.
Introduction
This dark species is known from two localities in the southwest of Western Australia. It was "named in honour of the late Dr J.W. Evans, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the study of the Homoptera."
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Dark species lacking a distinct transcephalic stripe. Aedeagus with shaft broadly expanded in midsection bearing five processes, apical (unpaired) process spatulate in dorsal view. Paramere with a densely setose area on medial margin, pygophore process acute, apical area sharply directed dorsally (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 [1081–1083]
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) |