Species Austrotartessus rubrivenosus (Evans, 1942)
Compiler and date details
22 December 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Tartessus rubrivenosus Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [156].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: i.1936, R.E. Turner), Dedari, Western Australia.Type locality references:
Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. 1994. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1117-1288 [1120] (details of R.E. Turner's collecting sites in Australia).
Generic Combinations
- Austrotartessus rubrivenosus (Evans, 1942). —
Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [143]
Introduction
This species is only known from the type locality at Dedari, in the Coolgardie bioregion of Western Australia. It is one of numerous species which have been collected at this site only once, in 1936 by R.E. Turner (see Day & Fletcher 1994).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Coolgardie (COO)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head ventral surface, anteclypeus, lora and maxillary plates brown, sparsely mottled with black, transverse muscle impressions black; vertex between the eyes on each side brown, densely mottled with black. Crown rugose, pale brown, the frontoclypeus visible as a narrow anterior border; eyes dark brown. Pronotum anterolaterally smooth, yellowish brown; medially greyish brown with transverse striations. Scutellum marked with a pattern of light and dark brown. Tegmen hyaline brown, apical cells partially suffused with smoky brown; veins pink with dark brown bars. Thorax ventral surface with light brown and black markings. Legs, fore and middle tibiae reddish brown with black markings, hind tibiae pale brown, bases of the spines black. Length 6 mm (Evans 1942).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [156]
General References
Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. 1994. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1117-1288 [1120]
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) |