Genus Tenuitartessus F. Evans, 1981
Tenuitartessus blundellensis (Evans), type species of Tenuitartessus F. Evans.
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Genus Tenuitartessus F. Evans, 1981
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30 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Tenuitartessus Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [132].
Type species:
Tartessus blundellensis Evans, 1937 by original designation.
Introduction
This endemic genus comprises two species of pale brown leafhoppers, one confined to the northern extremities of the Northern Territory and the other widely distributed around the southeastern parts of mainland Australia.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Kanmantoo (KAN), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Diagnosis
Narrow pale brown insects. Crown of even length or slightly shorter in centre. Pronotum not extending in front of eyes. Tegmen pale hyaline brown; veins brown. Male genitalia: pygophore rounded posteriorly; aedeagus columnar, curved, enlarged apically. Xth segment with a pair of long, curved processes arising from the base. Female VIIth abdominal sternite narrowly helmet-shaped, sometimes medially emarginate (Evans 1981).
ID Keys
Evans 1981: 115–118
Diagnosis References
Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [132]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 20-Sep-2011 | 20-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |