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<i>Tartessella attenuata</i> Evans, type species of <i>Tartessella</i> Evans.

Tartessella attenuata Evans, type species of Tartessella Evans.

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Genus Tartessella Evans, 1937


Compiler and date details

30 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This endemic genus includes three species of elongate leafhoppers distributed primarily across the inland arid areas of mainland Australia.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; NT, Qld, WA: Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)

Diagnosis

Head from below: lorae small and narrow, the clypeus pear-shaped and the labium short, reaching as far as the front pair of legs. The frons widens posteriorly, the hind margin being situated at the edge of the dorsal border of the head. The ocelli lie just below the dorsal border of the head, in the corners between the lateral margins of the frons and the ridge that separates the dorsal from the ventral surface of the head. The crown in dorsal aspect is wide and flat, and is wider against the eyes than in the middle. The pronotum is heart shaped, almost flat, and transversely striated. The venation of the tegmina and of the wings is similar to that described for Tartessoides griseus and the armature of the hind tibiae similar to that of Tartessus but differs in that the small spines that are inserted between the large ones may be few in number and long and delicate instead of short and strong. The pygophores of the male genitalia lack a process (Evans 1937).

 

ID Keys

Evans 1981: 115–118

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-Sep-2011 20-Sep-2011 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)