Species Putoniessa draba Evans, 1966
Compiler and date details
7 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Putoniessa draba Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [121].
Type data:
Holotype NMV 2674 ♂ (coll.: vii.1912, S.A. Fulton), Purnong, South Australia.
Introduction
This mid brown species is only known from the male holotype from SE South Australia. It is unknown to the compiler.
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA: Murray Darling Depression (MDD)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Closely resembling the type species; differing in having the anterior border of the pronotum on the same plane as the crown of the head and in characters furnished by the male genitalia. Length ♂ 8.8 mm (Evans 1966).
Transcephalic stripe absent. Aedeagus with an accessory apodeme arising from dorsoanterior edge of shaft and three apically mounted spines. Apical notch of paramere closed (Stevens 1994).
Stevens (1994) also provided a comprehensive redescription and figures of the species.
ID Keys
Stevens 1994: 1046–1047
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1966. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 12: 1-347 [121]
Stevens, M.M. 1994. Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of the Australian genus Putoniessa Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadelloidea: Cicadellidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1037-1115 [1061–1062]
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) |