Species Mayawa carolae Fletcher, 2000

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• Mayawa carolae Fletcher, M.J. 2000. A new genus, Mayawa, for the reception of Limotettix capitatus Kirkaldy (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae : Deltocephalinae) and descriptions of five new species of Mayawa. Australian Journal of Entomology 39(3): 103-110 [108].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂ (coll.: 24.iv.1983, J.F. Donaldson & J.F. Grimshaw, D-vac, wild rice), 31 km SE of Dunbar, Queensland.

 

Introduction

This delightfully yellow species is found in the top end from the NE corner of Western Australia to the upper reaches of the north brigalow belt in Queensland. It was named for "Carol Jarvis of Sydney, a friend of the author".

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: grassland, phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

This species is distinguished by the presence of two curved black lines marking the upper margin of the frons, which is quite consistent and distinctive and by the structures of the male genitalia (Fletcher 2000).

 

ID Keys

Fletcher 2000: 104

 

Diagnosis References

Fletcher, M.J. 2000. A new genus, Mayawa, for the reception of Limotettix capitatus Kirkaldy (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae : Deltocephalinae) and descriptions of five new species of Mayawa. Australian Journal of Entomology 39(3): 103-110 [108]

 

History of changes

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