Species Newmaniana queenslandensis (Evans, 1966)
Compiler and date details
24 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Stenotartessus queenslandensis Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [201].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂ (coll.: A.R. Bird), Biloela, Queensland.
Generic Combinations
- Newmaniana queenslandensis (Evans, 1966). —
Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [120]
Introduction
This bright green species is found in SE Queensland with a single specimen in ASCU from Mootwingee Historic Site in far western New South Wales.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
General coloration pale green. Face of head pinkish; margin of head, between the eyes, dark brown margined with red. Legs pinkish, apex of ovipositor red. Length ♂ 10 mm, ♀ 12 mm. S. queenslandensis differs from the type species, S. mullensis, in being a considerably broader insect and in having the head broadly triangularly produced in both sexes, instead of being narrowly produced in the female only (Evans 1966).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [201]
History of changes
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20-Sep-2011 | 20-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |