Species Unguitartessus trispinus F. Evans, 1981
Compiler and date details
30 January 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Unguitartessus trispinus Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [124].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂ (coll.: 4.vi.1971, J.G. Brooks), Cairns, Queensland.
Introduction
This species is only known from the male holotype from the wet tropics of North Queensland. It is unknown to the compiler.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Dorsal surface brown; face black, subantennal depressions yellow; crown, pronotum and scutellum pale brown or pale brownish yellow; tegmen pale hyaline brown. Male genitalia: pygophore emarginate, though less so than in type species; aedeagus broad, curved, with a pair of long slender posterior extensions. Length ♂ 7 mm (Evans 1981).
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) |