Species Putoniessa galliensis Evans, 1937
Compiler and date details
7 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Putoniessa galliensis 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 [65].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♀ (coll.: J.W. Evans), Leura, New South Wales.
Introduction
This species from the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, New South Wales, is only known from a female holotype. Stevens (1994) was unable to establish its identity and treated it as a nomen dubium.
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
Head pale brown with black and whitish markings, nearly as long as wide. Anterior border of head not so steeply declivous as in other species in the genus, ocelli on vertical part of vertex; vertex evenly rounded. Dorsal surface, medianly produced so that the crown is slightly wider in the middle than against the eyes. Pronotum heart-shaped, almost flat, grey with irregular black and brown markings. Tegmen hyaline and white, marked with a pattern of light and dark brown; the pattern, which has a longitudinal axis, may continue on to the pronotum. Thorax and abdomen ventral surface and legs brown. Length 7 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 [65]
General References
Stevens, M.M. 1994. Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of the Australian genus Putoniessa Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadelloidea: Cicadellidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1037-1115 (suggests the name is a nomen dubium)
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) |