Genus Plexitartessus F. Evans, 1981
Compiler and date details
24 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Plexitartessus Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [151].
Type species:
Tartessus pulchellus Spångberg, 1878 by original designation.
Introduction
This is a genus of seven known species, all similar in size and colouring, six of which are mainly restricted to coastal areas of Queensland. One species extends slightly into New South Wales and another species is shared with Papua New Guinea. The seventh species, P. brandti F. Evans, is only known from Papua New Guinea.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Diagnosis
Pale insects, ranging in length from 8–14 mm with the head and thorax largely yellow. Crown roundly or narrowly produced. Tegmen pale hyaline brown or vitreous, sometimes with ill-defined pale fasciae; veins pale or dark brown or black. Male genitalia: pygophore narrowing posteriorly, sometimes apically acute or hook-shaped, or deeply divided into two parts; aedeagus simple, sometimes curved; parameres strongly elbowed basally. Xth segment lacking processes. Female: VIIth abdominal sternite sloping laterally towards centre, 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 [151]
History of changes
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20-Sep-2011 | 20-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |