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Mcateella
''Mcateella'' is a genus of ash-grey leaf bugs, insects of the family Piesmatidae, first described by Carl John Drake in 1924 The genus name honours Waldo Lee McAtee. The genus is endemic to Australia and is found in all mainland states and territories, with the exception of Victoria and the ACT. Elias and Cassis state that ''Mcateella'' feed not only on ''Acacias'', but on a wide range of plants.. A phylogenetic analysis found that ''Miespa'' is a sister taxon of ''Mcateella'', implying a transantarctic relationship. Species , the Australian Faunal Directory The Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) is an online catalogue of taxonomic and biological information on all animal species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as ... accepts the following species: '' Mcateella austera'' '' Mcateella coolgardie'' '' Mcateella elongata'' '' Mcateella esperancensis'' '' Mcateella exocarposa'' '' Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piesmatidae
Piesmatidae is a small family of true bugs, commonly called ash-grey leaf bugs. The Piesmatidae are distributed mostly in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with some occurring in Africa, Australia and South America. A common species found throughout the Americas is ''Piesma cinereum''. (2007): An Unusual, Primitive Piesmatidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) in Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Burma). ''American Museum Novitates'' 3611: 1-17.PDF fulltext/ref> Ash-grey leaf bugs are small insects, some 2–4 mm overall. The head, thorax and the firm part of the wings are extensively dimpled. This resembles the similar pattern of the Tingidae of the infraorder Cimicomorpha, and was initially taken to signify a close relationship. It is due to convergent evolution however. They feed on plant sap, mostly of Chenopodiaceae and Caryophyllaceae. ''Piesma linnavouri'' have been found on ''Acacia'' (Fabaceae). ''Mcateella'' have been found on many host plants but mostly ''Acacia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |