Species Anyllis pseudotiegsi Liang & Wang, 2012
Compiler and date details
24 April 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Anyllis pseudotiegsi Liang, A.P. & Wang, R.R. 2012. A revision of the endemic Australian spittlebug genus Anyllis Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Natural History 46(15–16): 1005–1023 [1016].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: 15.xi.1975, K.R. Norris), 5 km east of Stanley, Tasmania.
Introduction
This species is only known from the type locality which, if taken exactly as given, would be 2–3 km offshore in Bass Strait. The species is named for its close similarity to A. tiegsi (China) and is the smallest species in the genus.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Tas: King (KIN)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: xylem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished from other known species in the genus by its small body size and distinctly oval body form, vertex and pronotum without median carina, frons with indistinct median carina and the male genitalic structure. In external appearance, this species is similar to A. tiegsi (China), but differs from the latter in the smaller body; vertex without median carina, median longitudinal carina on pronotum completely obsolete, and the pygofer with the basal anal process directed posterodorsally, with inner edge covered with fine spines only on apical half (Liang & Wang 2012).
ID Keys
Liang & Wang 2012: 1010
Diagnosis References
Liang, A.P. & Wang, R.R. 2012. A revision of the endemic Australian spittlebug genus Anyllis Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Natural History 46(15–16): 1005–1023 [1016–1018]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 24-Apr-2012 | ADDED |