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Family
Cicadellidae, Subfamily Tartessinae
- This page contains pictures and information about Leafhoppers in tribe Thymbrini
that we found in the Brisbane area,
Queensland, Australia.
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- Leafhoppers in this tribe are medium in size. They are usually brown or
mottled brown in colours. This tribe Thymbrini was transferred from Ledrinae
to the Tartessinae by Jones, J.R. & Deitz, L.L. (2009).
- White-doted Brown Leafhopper
  - Rhotidus teleformis, tribe Thymbrini, body length 15mm
- The Leafhopper was found on White Hill in later
summer. Its head produced forwards in front of the eyes and its abdomen tip
extends well beyond its wings. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Mottled White Leafhopper
 - Thymbris convivus,
body length 10mm
- Pictures taken in Ford Road Conservation Area on Jan 2009. The Leafhopper
was resting on loose bark of a Grey Gumtree. Please also visit this page
for more information.
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- Black Leafhopper
 - Putoniessa nigra, body length 10mm
- Picture was taken on Nov 2007. This leafhopper is
iron-black in colour. It was resting on the sandy footpath in Karawatha Forest.
Check this page for more information on
this leafhopper.
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- Mottled Black Leafhopper
 - Putoniessa sp., body length 10mm
- Pictures were taken in Daisy Hills near Buhot Creek on Oct 2009. It was
hiding on a Ironbark gumtree trunk. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Reference:
- 1. Tartessinae
- Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage.
- 2. The
Tartessinae of Australia, New Guinea and some adjacent Islands (Homoptera:
Cicadellidae) - Evans, F. 1981- Pacific Insects.
- 3. Phylogeny and systematics of the leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) - Jones, J.R. & Deitz, L.L. (2009), Zootaxa 2186: 1-120.
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