Species Gunawardenea linnaei Fletcher & Moir, 2008
Gunawardenea linnaei Fletcher & Moir, paratype male.
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Species Gunawardenea linnaei Fletcher & Moir, 2008
Compiler and date details
15 June 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Gunawardenea linnaei 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 [430].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 71139 ♂ (coll. S. Callan, 24.iv.2005), Barrow Island, Western Australia [20°52'01"S 115°24'19:E].
Introduction
This brachypterous species is only known from Barrow Island, Western Australia. The type series was mainly collected with suction samplers so it is probable that the species lives on low shrubs or at ground level.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Carnarvon (CAR)
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) |
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| 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) |