Species Eutartessus brooksi F. Evans, 1981
Compiler and date details
11 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Eutartessus brooksi Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [150].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: 4.xi.1971, J.G. Brooks), Cairns, Queensland.
Introduction
This relatively large and elegantly coloured species is known from far north Queensland. The species is named after the collector of the holotype, J.G. Brooks, who contributed enormously to the collections of insects from the wet tropics of Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Face pale yellowish brown, sometimes with the lora, postclypeus in part and genae black. Crown, pronotum and scutellum anteriorly yellowish or smoky brown; scutellum posteriorly pale yellow. Tegmen vitreous subapically and costal margin broadly black or brown; external margin black; veins brown and black. Length ♂ 9 mm, ♀ 10.6 mm (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 [150]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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20-Sep-2011 | 20-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |