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,
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,
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, C. Symonds, L. Botten, R. Gilmore, K. Reynolds, K. Woods, ex
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<taxonomicName id="4C384D4C670CFF82A904E17AE71E47DC" authorityName="Cassis &amp; Symonds" authorityYear="2011" box="[328,538,1902,1926]" class="Insecta" family="Tingidae" genus="Lasiacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nipha">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670CFF82A904E17AE71E47DC" box="[328,538,1902,1926]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Lasiacantha nipha</emphasis>
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) is recognised by the following combination of characters: strongly patterned dorsal colouration, pale brown to dark brown with large patches of white micro-microtrichae on hemelytra; collum bicoloured, stramineous base, dark brown apex; major setiferous tubercles on pronotum and hemelytra short, terminal seta less than half length of tuberculate base; costal area without setiferous tubercles extending to posterior hemelytral margin; posterior angle of discoidal area with clump of setiferous tubercles, carinate margins of discoidal area without major setiferous tubercles; pronotum with woolly and hairlike setae; hemelytra with few woolly and mostly hairlike setae; woolly setae elongate, curly, silvery; hairlike setae elongate; abdominal venter with pale, short, clavate scalelike setae; cephalic spines short, medial spine forked; collum columnar, much higher than medial carina; paranota three areolae wide; costal area two areolae wide; areolae in discoidal and subcostal areas smaller than in sutural area; sternal carinae parallel, all equal width.
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Medium size, macropterous (
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); male 2.63. COLOURATION. Dorsum strongly patterned stramineous pale brown to dark brown with distinctive large patches of white microtrichae.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83AC8EE780E00341F6" box="[1218,1287,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Head:</emphasis>
dark brown, almost black; cephalic spines pale brown, very tip of apex darkened; bucculae bicolourous, pale brown with dark brown base; labium orange brown with dark brown apex; antennae mostly pale yellow brown, AIV with clavate apex red brown, base as rest of antennae.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83AA2BE415E7E44242" box="[615,736,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Pronotum:</emphasis>
disc dark brown, almost black, diminishing posteriorly to pale stramineous brown; paranota mostly stramineous with small flecks of red brown; collum bicolourous, base stramineous, apical half dark brown; carinae stramineous, medial carina darker red brown medially.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83AD7BE45CE46D42DE" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Thoracic pleura and sterna:</emphasis>
red brown, supracoxal lobes slightly paler; sternal carinae stramineous.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83ACD3E479E1D942DE" box="[1183,1245,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Legs:</emphasis>
mostly pale yellow brown; tarsi dark brown, almost black
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83AADAE484E61242F2" box="[662,790,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Hemelytra:</emphasis>
strongly mottled/patchy; stramineous pale brown; dark brown patches banded on costal area, at posterior angle of discoidal area, and medially in sutural area; red brown patch at hemelytral base and medially on outer carinate margin of discoidal area; white microtrichae dense and broadly distributed across subcostal and costal areas at hemelytra base and just anterior to posterior angle of discoidal area.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83A94CE534E4774362" box="[256,371,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Abdomen:</emphasis>
pale brown. VESTITURE.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83AAFFE534E7FD4362" box="[691,761,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Head:</emphasis>
dense distribution of elongate, curly, silvery, woolly setae; absent in longitudinal rows between occipital and medial spines; antennae with minor setiferous tubercles, pale colour, AIAII with single row of setiferous tubercles with moderately elongate curved terminal seta, AIII setiferous tubercles with greatly elongate with straight terminal seta.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83AB15E599E6D443FE" box="[857,976,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Pronotum:</emphasis>
paranota margins with short major setiferous tubercles, terminal seta less than half length of tuberculate base; keel of collum and pronotal carinae without major setiferous tubercles; collum, paranota and pronotal carinae with elongate, hairlike setae; disc with moderately dense distribution of elongate, curly, silver, woolly setae, more upright than on head.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83ACFDE5ECE5E2446E" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Thoracic pleura and sterna:</emphasis>
pleura with dense distribution of elongate woolly setae as on dorsum; sparse distribution of short, clavate scalelike setae on supracoxal lobes and mesosternum.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83AB4DE255E6444402" box="[769,832,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Legs:</emphasis>
minor setiferous tubercles, terminal seta pale colour, elongate, erect, bristlelike; setae shorter and thickened on femora.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83AB32E270E6FA4426" box="[894,1022,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Hemelytra:</emphasis>
costal margins with major setiferous tubercles as on paranota, not extending to posterior margin of hemelytra; major setiferous tubercles on cubitus + R+M vein, clumped (aggregated) at anterior angle of discoidal area, absent from carinate margins of discoidal area; moderately dense distribution of hairlike setae, same as pronotum, on costal, subcostal and discoidal areas; discoidal area at wing base with few woolly setae.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83AAC5E2E0E7F84556" box="[649,764,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Abdomen:</emphasis>
moderately dense distribution of short, clavate, silver scalelike setae. STRUCTURE.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83A983E30CE710456A" box="[463,532,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Head:</emphasis>
spines relatively short; frontal spines parallel, subequal to AI; medial spine forked; occipital spines weakly curved outwards, extending only to inner margin of eye; labium moderate length, extending to anterior margin of metasternum; antennae, AI short and subequal length to AII, AIV with compact base before clavate apex.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83A9F5E391E73545C6" box="[441,561,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Pronotum:</emphasis>
disc slightly convex; collum columnar, uniformly broad, vertically projected, much higher than medial carina; carinae moderately elevated, one areole wide, medial carina with extra one to three areolae medially; lateral carinae thickened; paranota rounded semi-circular, three areolae wide.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83AD7BE3D8E5E24652" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Thoracic sterna:</emphasis>
sternal carinae straight, metasternal carinae equal width to mesosternal carinae.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83ACC8E3E4E0074652" box="[1156,1283,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Hemelytra:</emphasis>
areolae variable, smaller in discoidal and subcostal areas than sutural and costal areas; costal area uniformly two areolae wide; subcostal area two areolae wide; discoidal area three areolae wide; sutural area four areolae wide.
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83ACA2E02CE09F460A" box="[1262,1435,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Male genitalia:</emphasis>
not examined.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8736CF670DFF83A88BE094E7F046CD" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2012]" box="[199,756,1663,1688]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
MEASUREMENTS. For
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is given in
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3226544670DFF83A88BE0B0E0434685" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8B8736CF670DFF83A88BE0B0E0434685" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83A88BE0B0E44F46E6" bold="true" box="[199,331,1700,1724]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" reason="1">Host plant.</emphasis>
From an
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<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83A9FAE0B0E73D46E6" box="[438,569,1700,1724]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Eremophila</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
, a low shrub with small grey glandular leaves, with a crenate margin (
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). This
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<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83A8B0E0DCE47B46BA" box="[252,383,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Eremophila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was not flowering at the time of collection and thus could not be identified to species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3226544670DFF83A88BE0FFE675477D" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B8736CF670DFF83A88BE0FFE675477D" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83A88BE0FFE464475E" bold="true" box="[199,352,1771,1796]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" reason="1">Distribution.</emphasis>
The only specimen is known from one locality in the semi-arid shrublands on the northern edge of the southwest Western Australian botanical province (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3226544670DFF83A88BE120E0284735" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B8736CF670DFF83A88BE120E0284735" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2012]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83A88BE120E44A4716" bold="true" box="[199,334,1844,1868]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" reason="1">Etymology.</emphasis>
Meaning snow in Greek, after the white microtrichae of taxonomic importance in
<taxonomicName id="4C384D4C670DFF83ACAFE120E0694716" authorityName="Stal" authorityYear="1873" box="[1251,1389,1844,1868]" class="Insecta" family="Tingidae" genus="Lasiacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83ACAFE120E0694716" box="[1251,1389,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Lasiacantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and densely distributed on this species creating a striking contrast with dark brown patches on the hemelytra.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3226544670DFF8CA88BE168E7534089" lastPageId="40" lastPageNumber="41" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8736CF670DFF8CA88BE168E7534089" blockId="39.[151,1437,151,2012]" lastBlockId="40.[151,1436,151,212]" lastPageId="40" lastPageNumber="41" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83A88BE168E43F47CE" bold="true" box="[199,315,1916,1940]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" reason="1">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C384D4C670DFF83A90DE168E71647CE" authorityName="Cassis &amp; Symonds" authorityYear="2011" box="[321,530,1916,1940]" class="Insecta" family="Tingidae" genus="Lasiacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nipha">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83A90DE168E71647CE" box="[321,530,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Lasiacantha nipha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is easily identified from other related
<taxonomicName id="4C384D4C670DFF83ABF5E168E14747CE" authorityName="Stal" authorityYear="1873" box="[953,1091,1916,1940]" class="Insecta" family="Tingidae" genus="Lasiacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83ABF5E168E14747CE" box="[953,1091,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Lasiacantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, spp. such as
<taxonomicName id="4C384D4C670DFF83AC90E169E07C47CE" authorityName="Cassis &amp; Symonds" authorityYear="2011" box="[1244,1400,1916,1940]" class="Insecta" family="Tingidae" genus="Lasiacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eremophila">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83AC90E169E07C47CE" box="[1244,1400,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">L. eremophila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C384D4C670DFF83ADC9E169E5FA47E2" authorityName="Cassis &amp; Symonds" authorityYear="2011" class="Insecta" family="Tingidae" genus="Lasiacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dysmikos">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83ADC9E169E5FA47E2" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">L. dysmikos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C384D4C670DFF83A947E1B5E47347E2" authorityName="Cassis &amp; Symonds" authorityYear="2011" box="[267,375,1952,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Tingidae" genus="Lasiacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quilpie">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83A947E1B5E47347E2" box="[267,375,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">L. quilpie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C384D4C670DFF83A9E0E1B5E73C47E2" authorityName="Cassis &amp; Symonds" authorityYear="2011" box="[428,568,1952,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Tingidae" genus="Lasiacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ephemera">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83A9E0E1B5E73C47E2" box="[428,568,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">L. ephemera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The most striking diagnostic characters of
<taxonomicName id="4C384D4C670DFF83AC6EE1B5E17B47E2" authorityName="Cassis &amp; Symonds" authorityYear="2011" box="[1058,1151,1952,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Tingidae" genus="Lasiacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nipha">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD670DFF83AC6EE1B5E17B47E2" box="[1058,1151,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">L. nipha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
include: greatly enlarged uniformly broad column, bi-coloured stramineous and apically dark brown; rather short cephalic spines compared to other species in this group; greatly contrasting colouration and large patches of white microtrichiae on the hemelytra. Also see comments for
<taxonomicName id="4C384D4C6702FF8CA9ACE6A9E754408E" authorityName="Cassis &amp; Symonds" authorityYear="2011" box="[480,592,188,212]" class="Insecta" family="Tingidae" genus="Lasiacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilbara">
<emphasis id="B94CEADD6702FF8CA9ACE6A9E754408E" box="[480,592,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">L. pilbara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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