Pogonella minutus

Tiny two-spined treehopper at Flynn, ACT

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Identification history

	Pogonella minutus	20 Nov 2017	KimPullen
	Unidentified	1 Nov 2017	Christine

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Maybe 6mm

3 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

29 Nov 2017

Spelling corrected to Pogonella minutus as used by Atlas of Living Australia.

KimPullen wrote:

30 Nov 2017

Michael, yes I noticed it was 'minutus' in ALA and AFD, but I changed it to minuta because the genus name looks feminine. But your change is fine with me. The original description of Pogonella - at https://australianmuseum.net.au/uploads/journals/17444/425_complete.pdf , p. 285 - does not specify its gender, and lists this species as 'minutus' implying the genus is masculine. However, Evans is inconsistent with gender in other parts of the paper. The AFD (and hence ALA) is also inconsistent with the application of gender agreement, something it should address because the agreed rules of nomenclature require it.

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

30 Nov 2017

Thanks Kim.
As a general rule we try to match our names with those on ALA, since we export our data to them.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.041257 -35.209713
Places Flynn, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
1 Nov 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
Christine Recorded by
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Insects Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families) Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Pogonella minutus Scientific name
Tiny two-spined treehopper Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 939.54m Recorded at altitude
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