Species Stirellus petfordensis Duan, Zhang and Dietrich, 2019
Compiler and date details
1 October 2019 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Stirellus petfordensis Duan, Y.N., Zhang, Y.L. and Dietrich, C.H. 2019. Six new species of Stenometopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with redescription of additional species and new distributional records. Zootaxa 4603(2): 201–240 [236].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (coll: 24 ii 1997, L.B. O’Brien), 7 km W of Petford, Queensland.
Introduction
This species was added to the Australian fauna based on a single male from a locality near Cairns in the Wet Tropics of Queensland. It can be easily differentated from other described Australian species by the presence of two large dark spots near the front of the vertex.
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
This species is similar to Stirellus indrus (Distant) from India but it can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: marks on vertex, the proportions of the vertex and pygofer side without macrosetae (Duan et al. 2019).
Diagnosis References
Duan, Y.N., Zhang, Y.L. and Dietrich, C.H. 2019. Six new species of Stenometopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with redescription of additional species and new distributional records. Zootaxa 4603(2): 201–240 [238]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CICADELLIDAE Latreille, 1825 | 01-Oct-2019 | ADDED | Dr Murray Fletcher |