Genus Distantessus F. Evans, 1981

Distantessus iphis (Kirkaldy), type species of Distantessus F. Evans.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

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• Distantessus Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [137].

  Type species:

   Tartessus iphis Kirkaldy, 1907 by original designation.

Introduction

This monotypic genus has similarities to species of Austrotartessus F. Evans and a case could be made to synonymise these two genera as the differences in the male genitalia, on which they were separated, are probably not sufficient to justify two genera. The only species is found in coastal areas of North Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Small orange-brown or black insects. Male genitalia: pygophore apically hooked; aedeagus curved with a long, narrow, posterior process; parameres S-shaped. Xth segment with a pair of curved processes arising from, or from near, the base (Evans 1981).

ID Keys

Evans 1981: 115–118

Diagnosis References

Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [137]

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