Species Leptospermia cassisi Schwartz, Weirauch & Schuh, 2018

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• Leptospermia cassisi Schwartz, D., Weirauch, C. & Schuh, R.T. 2018. New Genera and Species of Myrtaceae-Feeding Phylinae from Australia, and the Description of a New Species of Restiophylus (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 424: 157 [76, Figure 17, map 5, plates 5, 29, table 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM AMNH_PBI 00134640 ♂, 28 km S of Menzies, WA [29.91917°S 121.1514°E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 00368368, 00368369, 00368370 1♂, 2♀, 15 km NW of Northampton, WA [28.30029°S 114.5096°E]; numerous specimens ♂ and ♀, 17 km N of Albany, Simpson Road at Chester Pass Highway, WA [34.89933°S 117.9148°E]; AMNH 00412956, 00412975–00412979 1♂, 5♀, 21 mi N of Perth, WA [31.50749°S 115.87532°E]; numerous specimens ♂ and ♀, 28 km S of Menzies, WA [29.91917°S 121.1514°E]; numerous specimens ♂ and ♀, 39.7 km N of Ravensthorpe, WA [33.32199°S 119.82°E]; AM 00390544, 00390545, 00390546–00390549 2♂, 4♀, 92.5 km W of Coolgardie at east side of Boorabbin National Park on Great Eastern Hwy, WA [31.21233°S 120.31°E]; AM 00390619, 00390620, 00390621– 00390630 2♂, 10♀, 37 km E of Lake King, Frank Hann National Park, WA [33.07753°S 120.0918°E]; AMNH 00412957–00412974, 00412980–00412996 18♂, 17♀, Pemberton, WA [34.5°S 115.08333°E].

  Type host:

   Leptospermum fastigiatum Moore [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

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