Species Brunotartessus cunnamullensis F. Evans, 1981

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• Brunotartessus cunnamullensis Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [131].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: v.1942, M. Geary), Cunnamulla, Queensland.

 

Introduction

This pale brown species is distributed in inland areas of Queensland and inland and coastal areas of the Northern Territory.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Mulga Lands (ML), Pine Creek (PCK), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Coloration pale yellow or pale brown. Head and thorax yellow. Crown slightly longest against the eyes. Tegmen pale hyaline brown or vitreous, apically smoky. Length ♂ 6–7 mm, ♀ 8–8.5 mm (Evans 1981). The species can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the shape of the aedeagus which was figured by Evans (1981: 132).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [131–132]

 

History of changes

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