Species Nethersia costata Cassis, Koenig, Symonds & Shofner, 2016

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nethersia costata Cassis, G., Koenig, P., Symonds, C. & Shofner, R. 2016. Systematics and host plant associations of the Australian lace bug genus Nethersia (Insecta: Heteroptera: Tingidae), including the description of eighteen new species. Insect Systematics and Evolution 2016 48(1): 1–95 [47, Figs 1, 4, 12].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AMNH_PBI 00038895 ♂, Coward (Mound) Spring, SA [29.40072°S 136.79253°E].
  Paratype(s) AM AMNH_PBI 00014190 1 specimen, Bogan River, NSW [33.0068°S 148.03461°E]; SAMA AMNH_PBI 00038896 ♂, Jersey (Mound) Springs 9km NW Cowards Springs R.S., SA [29.34163°S 136.75751°E]; SAMA UNSW_ENT 00038910 & UNSW_ENT 00038911 1♂, 1♀, Margaret R. Overflow 3km W Curdimurka, SA [29.33°S 137.32°E]; SAMA AMNH_PBI 00038897 ♀, Nantowarpunna WH. 26km NE Marree, SA [29.47944°S 138.2625°E]; WAM numerous specimens, northwestern WA.

  Type host:

   Acacia coriacea pergranulata [FABACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, WA: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Ecological Descriptors

Acacia shrubs (associated flora: Acacia sp. [FABACEAE]; Acacia coriacea pergranulata [FABACEAE]).

History of changes