Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<i>Tartessella incompleta</i> Evans, adult female.

Tartessella incompleta Evans, adult female.

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Species Tartessella incompleta Evans, 1937


Compiler and date details

30 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

This elongate, brown species is widespread across Australia from SE Queensland to Western Australia although it has not been recorded in New South Wales.

 

Distribution

States

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


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Coolgardie (COO), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Head pale yellow with yellow markings on the frons, the vertex mottled with brown; eyes brown mottled with black. Pronotum grey mottled with brown; lateral angles behind the eyes pale yellow marked with an irregular brown pattern. Scutellum pale yellow with two dark brown lateral longitudinal markings. Tegmen hyaline, colourless; veins with several incomplete crossveins, especially on the anal area. Thorax and abdomen, ventral surface, pale yellowish brown. Hind tibiae with the basal spurs of one row of spines large and pointed, the intervening spines few and small (Evans 1937).

 

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)