Species Putoniessiella sagitta Evans, 1969
Compiler and date details
13 February 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Putoniessiella sagitta Evans, J.W. 1969. Characteristics and components of Ledrinae and some new genera and new species from Australia and New Guinea (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 11(3-4): 735-754 [747].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: 1.xi.1935, R.E. Turner), Tammin, Western Australia.Type locality references:
Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. 1994. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1117-1288 [1120] (details of R.E. Turner's collecting sites in Australia).
Introduction
This species, which is unknown to the compiler, is only known from the male holotype from Tammin in the Avon wheatbelt of SW Western Australia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
General coloration grey mottled with dark brown. Face of head pale brown mottled with dark brown; anteclypeus anteriorly transversely corrugated; posteriorly, and the vertex laterally, corrugated with a cellular pattern. Crown pale brown with dark brown markings, longitudinally and obliquely rugose. Pronotum and scutellum rugose grey with dark brown markings. Tegmen hyaline grey, veins whitish, narrowly and broadly bordered with brown. Length ♂ 6.8 mm; greatest width across eyes, 2.2 mm (Evans 1969).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1969. Characteristics and components of Ledrinae and some new genera and new species from Australia and New Guinea (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 11(3-4): 735-754 [747]
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) |