Genus Unguitartessus F. Evans, 1981
Unguitartessus cairnsensis F. Evans, type species of Unguitartessus F. Evans.
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Genus Unguitartessus F. Evans, 1981
Compiler and date details
30 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Unguitartessus Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [124].
Type species:
Unguitartessus cairnsensis F. Evans, 1981 by original designation.
Introduction
This genus was created for two brown species with dark coloured faces only known from Cairns in the wet tropics of North Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Diagnosis
Small brown insects having the face dark mottled brown or black and the crown pale yellow or pale brown. Crown and thorax either concolorous with the tegmen or considerably paler. Tegmen ocheous or pale hyaline brown; veins dark brown. Male genitalia: pygophore deeply roundly emarginate; aedeagus with three curved vertical extensions. Xth segment either lacking processes or with a pair of small slender ones. Female VIIth abdominal sternite with the sides sloping towards a central depression (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 [124]
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) |