Species Brunotartessus weiri F. Evans, 1981

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

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll.: 2.xi.1972, T. Weir & G.T. Angeles), Cooper Ck,19 km E by S of Mt Boradaile, Northern Territory.

 

Introduction

This plain brown species was described from the far north coastal regions of the Northern Territory but is also known from the Central Kimberley region of Western Australia. It was named in honour of Tom Weir of ANIC, Canberra, who was one of the collectors of the holotype and who has contributed much valuable leafhopper and other material to scientific collections in Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Kimberley (CK), Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Pale olive brown. Face pale brown. Crown and thorax pale olive brown. Tegmen vitreous, apically smoky; veins dark brown. Length ♂ 6.2 mm. Distinguished from other species in the genus by the shape of the aedeagus (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 [132]

 

History of changes

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