Species Zaletta turneri Webb, 1983
Compiler and date details
16 November 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Zaletta turneri Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [34].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll.: 16-29.iii.1936, R.E. Turner), Perth, Western Australia.Type locality references:
Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. 1994. An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1117-1288 [1120] (details of R.E. Turner's collecting sites in Australia).
Introduction
This small yellowish species is only known from the male holotype collected in Perth, Western Australia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished by its small size, pale yellow to stramineous coloration and the shape of the male genitalia (Webb 1983).
ID Keys
Webb 1983: 31–33
Diagnosis References
Webb, M.D. 1983. Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 92: 1-147 [34]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 30-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |