Genus Protartessus F. Evans, 1981

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• Protartessus Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [138].

  Type species:

   Tartessus spinosus Evans, 1937 by original designation.

 

Introduction

This endemic genus contains seven species distributed primarily through the arid regions in the northern half of the continent. One species, P. occidentalis (Jacobi), may turn out to be a synonym of one of the other Western Australian species. The species are generally pale brown in colour.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Yalgoo (YAL) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR)

Diagnosis

Pallid, sometimes mottled insects. Crown usually well defined and of even length. Pronotum and scutellum pale yellowish brown sometimes mottled with darker brown. Tegmen vitreous or pale hyaline brown; veins brown, sometimes with white bands and sometimes with small spines. Male genitalia: pygophore narrowing posteriorly, usually apically rounded; aedeagus bilobed, the distal lobe sometimes paired or W-shaped in profile. Xth segment unusually large, ventral margin broadly curved and with a pair of variously shaped processes arising from base. Female VIIth sternite truncate, sinuous posteriorly (Evans 1981).

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [138]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Sep-2011		20-Sep-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)