Species Austrotartessus monteithi F. Evans, 1981
Austrotartessus monteithi F. Evans, adult on River Mangrove at Patonga, New South Wales.
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Species Austrotartessus monteithi F. Evans, 1981
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22 December 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Austrotartessus monteithi Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [141].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂ (coll.: 28.i.1966, G. Monteith), Lamington National Park, Queensland.
Introduction
This species is widespread along the coast of eastern Australia from southeast Queensland to the Sydney basin in New South Wales. It has been collected on river mangrove, Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco (Primulaceae), at Patonga, north of Sydney but its host associations are not well defined and it has been collected at localities away from coastal areas.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
Mottled yellowish brown. Face pale brownish yellow. Crown, pronotum and scutellum pale brown mottled with yellow. Tegmen hyaline brown; veins brown with pale bars. Male genitalia: hind margin of pygophore narrowly rounded ventrally with a dorsal spear-like extension; aedeagus W-shaped. Xth segment with a pair of narrow, spear-like processes arising from the base. Length ♂ 8 mm (Evans 1981).
Diagnosis References
Evans, F. 1981. The Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 112-188 [141]
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) |