Species Austrotartessus iokaste (Kirkaldy, 1907)
Compiler and date details
22 December 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Tartessus iokaste Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [48].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BPBM ♂ ♀, quantity unknown (coll.: viii.1904), Cairns and Kuranda, Queensland.
Generic Combinations
- Austrotartessus iokaste (Kirkaldy, 1907). —
Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [145]
Introduction
This species was described from an unknown number of specimens of both sexes from Cairns and Kuranda in the wet tropics of North Queensland by Kirkaldy (1907). As is the case with most of Kirkaldy's type series, one specimen bears a "type" label and is considered by the Bishop Museum, where it is held, as being the primary type of the species. However, as documented by Medler (1987), these "type" labels have never been validated and have no status. Evans (1981) regarded this species as being of dubious identity since the "type" is a female. However, male syntypes should be present in BPB and are available for designation as lectotype which will establish the identity of the species and its placement in Austrotartessus.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Not unlike T. ianthe, but smaller, tegmina more pointed apically. Head more angulate, &c. Pale sordid yellowish-brown, obscurely suffused here and there with green and sanguineous. Pronotum obscurely spotted. Veins sometimes dark fuscous, sometimes subferruginous. Vertex obtuse-angular anteriorly, longer at eyes than in the middle. Vertex base of frons, and pronotum transversely striate. Second subapical cell extending apically a little beyond the others. Crossveins on brachial vein nearly straight, oblique in the subcostal cell. Male as in T. ianassa. Female: last sternite straight apically, medianly rather deeply notched; ovipositor long, a little longer than pygophor. Length 8 mm. (Kirkaldy 1907).
Diagnosis References
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [48–49]
General References
Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [145]
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [49]
Medler, J.T. 1987. Types of Flatidae (Homoptera) XI. Taxonomic notes on Kirkaldy Types in the Bishop Museum, with illustrations of the genitalia of male lectotypes. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 27: 115-125 [115]
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) |