Species Alotartessella campbelli (Evans, 1937)
Compiler and date details
13 December 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Tartessella campbelli Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 5. — Euscelidae (in part). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 51-71 [57].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: T.G. Campbell), Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory.
Generic Combinations
- Alotartessella campbelli (Evans, 1937). —
Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [150]
Introduction
This species is known from arid regions of the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Evans (1981) also lists it from a locality in Western Australia known as "South Cape Crossing, Coastal Highway" but no record of this locality can be found. The species is unknown to the compiler.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, WA: Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head ventral surface whitish with transverse orange markings on the frons; vertex mottled with pale brown; eyes grey. Pronotum and scutellum grey mottled with apricot yellow. Tegmen whitish hyaline, veins brown. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface pale brownish yellow. Legs pale yellow; hind tibiae with long hair-like spines between the bases of the row of the largest spines. Length 8 mm, head width 2.6 mm (Evans 1937).
The species resembles members of Tartessella Evans in head characteristics but differs considerably in those provided by the male genitalia, also in having well developed Xth segment processes (Evans 1981).
Diagnosis References
Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [150–151]
Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 5. — Euscelidae (in part). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 51-71 [57]
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) |