Species Pettya tenuis Cao, Dmitriev, Dietrich and Zhang, 2019
Pettya tenuis Cao et al. (used with permission)
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Species Pettya tenuis Cao, Dmitriev, Dietrich and Zhang, 2019
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1 October 2019 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Pettya tenuis Cao, Y.H., Dmitriev, D.A., Dietrich, C.H. and Zhang, Y.L. 2019. New erythroneurine leafhopper species from the Australian realm (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Zootaxa 4671(2): 251–258. Zootaxa 4671(2): 251–258 [257].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂ (coll: 07–27 xii 1995, M.E. Irwin), Brisbane Forest Park, Brisbane, Queensland.
Introduction
This species was added to the Australian fauna based on two specimens in the INHS collection without reference to material in Australian collections which includes four additional specimens all from the SE Queensland bioregion.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: parenchyma feeder.
Diagnosis
The new species can be distinguished from other described species by the presence of two stripes on the pronotum. The male genitalia are similar to those of P. punctata (Evans), but the pygofer side is shorter and serrated distally, the aedeagal shaft is curved dorsad and provided with much shorter subbasal processes and a pair of slim processes on the manubrium (Cao et al. 2019).
Diagnosis References
Cao, Y.H., Dmitriev, D.A., Dietrich, C.H. and Zhang, Y.L. 2019. New erythroneurine leafhopper species from the Australian realm (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Zootaxa 4671(2): 251–258. Zootaxa 4671(2): 251–258 [258]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CICADELLIDAE Latreille, 1825 | 01-Oct-2019 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |