Species Mayawa bimaculata Dietrich, 2021
Mayawa bimaculata Dietrich, holotype, habitus
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Species Mayawa bimaculata Dietrich, 2021
Compiler and date details
4 March 2021 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Mayawa bimaculata Dietrich, C.H. 2021. New species of Mayawa Fletcher and description of a related new Australian leafhopper genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini). Zootaxa 4933(4): 575–585 [Date published 23 February 2021] [580].
Type data:
Holotype MAGD ♂ (Coll: Hill, Cooley, Marshall, Moulds, 25.i.2004; light trap (04.NTR.PIT)), Buchanan Hwy Gravelpit, 57.2km E of Top Springs, Northern Territory.
Introduction
This species, recorded from a single locality in the Northern Territory, bares two dark irregular marks on the crown which differ from those of M. capitata in which the marks are circular spots.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT: Sturt Plateau (STU)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: grassland, phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species differs from all other known Mayawa species in having a pair of large maculae on the crown and the paired processes on the aedeagus greatly reduced and inconspicuous (Dietrich 2021).
ID Keys
Dietrich 2021: 578
Diagnosis References
Dietrich, C.H. 2021. New species of Mayawa Fletcher and description of a related new Australian leafhopper genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini). Zootaxa 4933(4): 575–585 [Date published 23 February 2021] [580]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUCHENORRHYNCHA | 04-Mar-2021 | ADDED |