Species Arawa pulchra Knight, 1975

Arawa pulchra Knight, adult.

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arawa pulchra Knight, W.J. 1975. Deltocephalinae of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2(2): 169-208 [185].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ (coll: 13.i.1924, J.G. Myers, on grass), Okahune, New Zealand.

Introduction

This is the most frequently collected species of the genus across much of New South Wales, Victoria and in the SW corner of Western Australia. It is also known from the North Island of New Zealand.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Extra Ecological Information

Known hosts: grass (Knight 1975: 185).

Diagnosis

This species can be reilably identified only by examination of the male genitalia. Knight (1975) provides a description and illustrations of the male genitalia for the New Zealand species of the genus, including A. pulchra and A. novella which also occur in Australia.

Diagnosis References

Knight, W.J. 1975. Deltocephalinae of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2(2): 169-208 [184–185]

History of changes