Genus Petyllis Kirkaldy, 1906
Petyllis deprivata (Walker), type species of Petyllis Kirkaldy.
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Genus Petyllis Kirkaldy, 1906
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29 May 2010 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Petyllis Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [382].
Type species:
Petyllis australensis Kirkaldy, 1906 by monotypy.
Introduction
This genus contains only a single species, P. deprivata, which is the common froghopper in SE Australia. Its uniform mid to dark brown colouring with golden pubescence is fairly distinctive.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Diagnosis
Allied to Aufiterna but vertex short, frons more tumid and more lightly channelled, laterally strongly striate transversely. Pronotum with 8 naked callous spots in a line near the anterior margin, lightly and narrowly sulcate medio-longitudinally. Tegmina coriaceous, 3 discoidal (subapical, and 4 apical) costa with many cells anteriorly), two of the apical veins forking near the apex (Kirkaldy 1906)
On the face of the head, the labium terminates at the base of the mid coxae. The frontoclypeus is flattened in the male and convex in the female. The tegmina are narrowly tectiform with obscure venation and the hind tibiae have a single spur. (Evans 1966)
ID Keys
Fletcher, M.J. (2001) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the Cercopidae: Cercopinae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/cercopid/cercopid/cerc00.htm [accessed: 17.iv.2012]
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [314]
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [382]
History of changes
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| 30-May-2010 | 30-May-2010 | ADDED | ||
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| 24-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |