Species Protartessus spinosus (Evans, 1937)
Compiler and date details
25 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Tartessus spinosus Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 5. — Euscelidae (in part). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 51-71 [55].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: K. Norris), Carnac Island, Western Australia.Type host:
Anthocercis littorea Labill., 1806 [Solanaceae]
Generic Combinations
- Protartessus spinosus (Evans, 1937). —
Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [138]
Introduction
This species is fairly widespread in coastal Western Australia from Barrow Island to the Perth region.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder (associated flora: Anthocercis littorea Labillardière [SOLANACEAE]).
Diagnosis
Frons and vertex pale brown with dark brown markings; clypeus, maxillary plates and lora pale greyish brown. Pronotum very pale yellowish brown mottled with grey. Scutellum pale yellowish brown with dark brown markings. Tegmen colourless hyaline; veins distinct, brown. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface pale brown with dark brown markings. Legs pale brown with dark brown markings, excepting the hind tibiae which are pale yellowish brown and the bases of the spines which are black; femora and tibiae of front two pairs of legs covered with short, sharp spines; hind femora smooth. Male genitalia: aedeagus short, pygophores with a divided process attached to the dorsal margin anteriorly; subgenital paltes covered externally with strong spines, each spine having a black base. Ovipositor with the outer sheath covered with short, sharp spines. Length 6.5 mm. Head width 2.5 mm (Evans 1937).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 5. — Euscelidae (in part). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 51-71 [55]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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26-Jun-2023 | MEMBRACOIDEA | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
10-May-2022 | CICADOMORPHA | 24-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
02-Jun-2021 | AUCHENORRHYNCHA | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
05-Dec-2019 | CICADELLIDAE Latreille, 1825 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Murray Fletcher |
20-Sep-2011 | 20-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
05-Dec-2019 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED |