Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<i>Eutartessus cantrelli</i> F. Evans, type species of <i>Eutartessus</i> F. Evans.

Eutartessus cantrelli F. Evans, type species of Eutartessus F. Evans.

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Genus Eutartessus F. Evans, 1981


Compiler and date details

11 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This genus of six largish, elegantly slender species is an Australian endemic with all the species restricted to the coastal areas of eastern Australia between far north Queensland and the Sydney basin in New South Wales.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

Slender, golden brown insects ranging in length from 8–11 mm, Crown, bearing ocelli, longer against the eyes. Tegmen pale hyaline or pale vitreous brown; veins and anal and costal margins dark brown or black. Male genitalia: pygophore boat-shaped; aedeagus variable in shape, complex, sometimes with a pair of broad, vertical processes; parameres apically serrate. Xth segment with a pair of long and slender, or short and broad, processes arising from, or from near, the base. Female: VIIth abdominal sternite long, narrowing posteriorly, sometimes with lateral flanges (Evans 1981).

 

ID Keys

Evans 1981: 115–118

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-Sep-2011 20-Sep-2011 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)