Species Pettya taedia (Kirkaldy, 1906)
Compiler and date details
14 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Nesosteles taedia Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [345].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BPBM sex, quantity unknown (coll.: viii. 1904), Kuranda, Queensland.
Generic Combinations
- Pettya taedia (Kirkaldy, 1906). —
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [273]
Introduction
The original description of this species in Nesosteles Kirkaldy was accompanied by the comment that the species would "probably form the type of a new genus". The identity of the species needs to be confirmed with the original type material and, hopefully, designation of a male holotype.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: parenchyma feeder.
Diagnosis
Sordid lemon yellow, vertex with two black spots near the anterior margin; frons discally black, clypeus smoky. Scutellum dark brownish. Commissural cell of clavus, basal part of costal cell and apical half of tegmina smoky. Abdomen basally black. Length 4¼ mm. (Kirkaldy 1906)
Diagnosis References
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [345]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |