Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<i>Tartessella attenuata</i> Evans, adult male.

Tartessella attenuata Evans, adult male.

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Species Tartessella attenuata Evans, 1937


Compiler and date details

30 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This delicate, elongate, brown species was known from Western Australia only when Evans (1981) completed her revision of the Tartessini but specimens in collections have extended this known distribution to the Northern Territory and the Murray Darling Basin of eastern Australia where the species is widespread.

 

Distribution

States

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


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Gascoyne (GAS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head ventral surface pale brown with transverse brown markings on the frons, the vertex mottled with dark brown and the eyes dark brown. Pronotum dull greyish brown with indistinct whitish maculations. Scutellum dull brown. Tegmen hyaline, veins brown with no incomplete crossveins* and no crossveins on the anal area. Thorax and abdomen, ventral surface, pale brown. Fore and middle tibiae covered with spines; hind tibiae with only a few small spines between the bases of the largest spines. Ovipositor long, pubescent. Length 11 mm, head width 2.8 mm (Evans 1937)

* this feature is not consistent, even among specimens from the J.W. Evans collection.

 

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)