Species Gunawardenea pulchra Fletcher & Moir, 2008

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gunawardenea pulchra Fletcher, M.J. & Moir, M.L. 2008. Gunawardenea, a new genus of squat leafhoppers from Western Australia, with description of two new species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 24(4): 429-436 [433].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 71140 ♂ (coll. N. Gunawardene, pitfall trap, viii.2002), Gibson Desert, Western Australia [24°42'36"S 124°46'02"E].

 

Introduction

This beautifully marked little leafhopper lives in the Western Australian deserts. it has been collected in the Gibson Desert and on Lorna Glen Station in pitfall traps which implies that it lives close to ground level.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

The two species of Gunawardenea can be differentiated by the dark markings on the head as illustrated at http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/deltocephalinae/athysanini.htm.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019		13-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		16-May-2012	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		05-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)