Species Anyllis spinostylus Liang, 2005

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• Anyllis spinostylus Liang, A.P., Fletcher, M.J. & Jiang, G.M. 2005. The endemic Australian spittlebug genus Anyllis Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) with description of a new species from Tasmania. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 78(4): 301-307 [305].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM ♂ (coll: J.L. Gressitt, 25.xii.1960, 1000m), Dobson Lake, Mt Field National Park, Tasmania.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: xylem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

A comprehensive description is provided by Liang, Fletcher & Jiang (2005). The species can be differentiated from the other described species of Anyllis by examination of the male genitalia, particularly the shape of the male genital styles which are narrowed from about midlength to the apex but are bifurcate at the very apex.

 

ID Keys

Liang & Wang 2012: 1010

 

Diagnosis References

Liang, A.P., Fletcher, M.J. & Jiang, G.M. 2005. The endemic Australian spittlebug genus Anyllis Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) with description of a new species from Tasmania. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 78(4): 301-307 [305]

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 [1010]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Apr-2012		26-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
30-May-2010		30-May-2010	ADDED
26-Jul-2010		30-May-2010	MODIFIED
		24-Mar-2010	MODIFIED