Genus Arawa Knight, 1975

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arawa Knight, W.J. 1975. Deltocephalinae of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2(2): 169-208 [176].

  Type species:

   Arawa variegata Knight, 1975 by original designation.

Introduction

The genus Arawa contains eight species of broad leafhoppers which are dimorphic in both males and females. The most common form has the tegmina slightly shortened with the apical cells quite short and the appendix barely visible while the other form has fully developed tegmina with the apical cells clearly longer than wide and the appendix well developed. Two species are found in both Australia and New Zealand while each country also has three endemics. Knight (1975) noted that undescribed species occurred in Australia. The genus is named after "Arawa", one of the canoes which brought the ancestors of the Maori to New Zealand.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR)

Diagnosis

Knight (1975) provides a comprehensive description of the genus.

Diagnosis References

Knight, W.J. 1975. Deltocephalinae of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2(2): 169-208 [176–177]

General References

Knight, W.J. 1975. Deltocephalinae of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2(2): 169-208 [177]

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