Species Limotettix pullatus (Evans, 1942)

Limotettix pullatus (Evans), adult male.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Limotettix pullatus (Evans), adult female.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Deltocephalus pullatus Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [148].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ (coll.: xii.1935, R.E. Turner), Yanchep, Western Australia.
• Limotettix condylus Knight, W.J. 1975. Deltocephalinae of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2(2): 169-208 [175].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂ (coll.: T.E. Woodward, on sedges among Leptospermum), Spirits Bay, Auckland Province, New Zealand.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. 1994. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1117-1288 [1208] (synonymy of L. condylus )

Generic Combinations

• Limotettix pullatus (Evans, 1942). —
  Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. 1994. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1117-1288 [1208]

Introduction

This species, which is shared with New Zealand, is reasonably widespread but not common in temperate Australia.

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

Head ventral surface pale brown with a pattern of regular bold black markings; eyes black, ocelli red. Crown wider in the centre than against the eyes, pale brown with transverse and curved black stripes; coronal suture distinct, terminating in front of the eyes. Pronotum yellowish brown anteriorly, grey posteriorly with a regular pattern of brown markings. Scutellum pale brownish yellow with black markings; muscle impressions apricot. Tegmen whitish hyaline, the borders of each cell suffused with brown. Thorax ventral surface black, the edges of certain sclerites edged with yellow. Hind tibia pale brown, spines brown. Abdomen proximally black, distally yellow. Length 4 mm (Evans 1942).

Knight (1975) gave a comprehensive description of the species including the male genitalia which were also figured.

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1942. New leafhoppers (Homoptera: Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27: 143-163 [148]

Knight, W.J. 1975. Deltocephalinae of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2(2): 169-208 [174–175]

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