Genus Neotartessus F. Evans, 1981
Neotartessus flavipes (Spångberg), type species of Neotartessus F. Evans.
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Genus Neotartessus F. Evans, 1981
Compiler and date details
20 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Neotartessus Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [126].
Type species:
Tartessus flavipes Spångberg, 1878 by original designation.
Introduction
This is an endemic genus of six species distributed in coastal regions of southern Australia from SE Queensland to SW Western Australia. The species appear to be associated with the genus Eucalyptus l'Heritier (Myrtaceae).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Jarrah Forest (JF), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Diagnosis
Small yellowish brown or black insects ranging in length from 3–6 mm. Crown of equal length with eyes. Tegmen brown or yellowish hyaline sometimes partly suffused with brown; veins pale or dark brown or black. Male genitalia: pygophore narrowing posteriorly, apically rounded, sometimes apically curved; aedeagus either broadly S-shaped and apically hammer-like or curved and apically hooked; Xth segment with a pair of curved parallel-sided processes which arise from near the base of the segment or which may seemingly be associated with an inner fold of the pygophore. Female: VIIth abdominal sternite narrowing posteriorly inwardly or outwardly curved, medially notched (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 [126]
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) |