Species Putoniessa kiataensis Stevens, 1994
Compiler and date details
7 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Putoniessa kiataensis Stevens, M.M. 1994. Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of the Australian genus Putoniessa Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadelloidea: Cicadellidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1037-1115 [1062].
Type data:
Holotype NMV T-10281 ♂ (coll.: x.1928, F.E. Wilson), Kiata, Victoria.
Introduction
This boldly marked species is only known from the male holotype from western Victoria.
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Boldly patterned species, transcephalic stripe indistinct. Aedeagal shaft broad, undivided, with a single spine directed ventrally from midpoint of posterior 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 [1062–1064]
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) |