Species Putoniessa aroka Stevens, 1994
Putoniessa aroka Stevens, holotype male.
© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.
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Species Putoniessa aroka Stevens, 1994
Compiler and date details
7 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Putoniessa aroka Stevens, M.M. 1994. Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of the Australian genus Putoniessa Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadelloidea: Cicadellidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1037-1115 [1091].
Type data:
Holotype ASCU ♂ (coll.: 25.xi.1978, G.R. Brown), Lane Cove, near Sydney, New South Wales.
Introduction
This beautiful insect is only known from the male holotype collected at Lane Cove, a suburb of Sydney.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Transcephalic stripe present. Aedeagal shaft undivided, with a pair of short spines on anterior margin and a single, ventrally directed spine extending from posterior margin. Apical notch of paramere almost closed distally (Stevens 1994).
Stevens (1994) also provided a comprehensive description and figures of the species.
ID Keys
Stevens 1994: 1046–1047
Diagnosis References
Stevens, M.M. 1994. Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of the Australian genus Putoniessa Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadelloidea: Cicadellidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1037-1115 [1091–1093]
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) |