Species Mayawa affinifacialis Dietrich, 2021
Mayawa affinifacialis Dietrich, holotype, habitus
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Species Mayawa affinifacialis Dietrich, 2021
Compiler and date details
4 March 2021 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Mayawa affinifacialis 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] [579].
Introduction
This species is known from two widely separated localities, one in the Central Kimberley of NW Western Australia and the other in SE Queensland. The name reflects its similarity to Mayawa facialis Fletcher which is also widely distributed from inland Queensland to the Northern Territory but not sympatric with M. affinifacialis.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: grassland, phloem feeder.
Diagnosis
This species closely resembles M. facialis Fletcher but differs in having the face relatively pale, without dark brown pigmentation, the male style apophysis thinner and more elongated, and the gonopore of the aedeagus arising farther from the apex (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] [579]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUCHENORRHYNCHA | 04-Mar-2021 | ADDED |