Species Tenuitartessus blundellensis (Evans, 1937)
Tenuitartessus blundellensis (Evans), adult male.
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Species Tenuitartessus blundellensis (Evans, 1937)
Compiler and date details
30 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Tartessus blundellensis Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 5. — Euscelidae (in part). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 51-71 [55].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ (coll.: J.W. Evans), Blundells, Australian Capital Territory.
Generic Combinations
- Tenuitartessus blundellensis (Evans, 1937). —
Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [133]
Introduction
This pale brown species is distributed around the southeastern regions of mainland Australia.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Head ventrally pale coffee-coloured with whitish markings, but for the clypeus which is pale straminaceous; eyes reddish brown. Dorsal surface of the head with the hind margin of the frons broadly visible. Pronotum pale coffee-coloured with irregular whitish markings. Scutellum dull olive brown. Tegmen pale hyaline brown, the veins brown tinged with purple; hind border with a group of four spines. Thorax and abdomen, ventral surface and legs, pale straminaceous but for the bases of the spines on the hind tibiae which are dark brown. Length 9.5 mm. Head width 1.9 mm (Evans 1937).
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1937. Australian Leafhoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 5. — Euscelidae (in part). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1936: 51-71 [55]
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) |