Species Spanotartessus montanus F. Evans, 1981

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• Spanotartessus montanus Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [130].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: iii.1967, J.W. & F. Evans), Katoomba, New South Wales.

 

Introduction

The reddish brown species is only known from a series of specimens collected at Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, New South Wales. Evans' (1981) placement of the species in Spanotartessus was provisional only.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Brown. Face dark brown. Crown of even length. Pronotum and scutellum dark yellowish brown. Length ♂ 4–5 mm, ♀ 5–6 mm. This species resembles the type species in coloration, general appearance and pygophore shape. It differs in aedeagus shape (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 [130]

 

History of changes

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20-Sep-2011		20-Sep-2011	MOVED
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