Swaustraltingis isobellae, a new genus and new species of Australian lacebug (Insecta: Heteroptera: Tingidae), with a redescription of Cysteochila cracentisDrake, and notes on the lacebug fauna of south‐west Australia

Abstract

An unusual new lacebug, Swaustraltingis isobellae gen. and sp. nov., is described from south-west Australia. We compare this new genus to other potentially closely related genera and give details of the species' ecology. S isobellae gen. and sp. nov. is flightless and host specific to the plant Empodisma gracillimum, which may indicate its potential to become threatened if its habitat is subject to disturbance or climate change which results in the local loss of this host. A key was also provided to the genera of tingids currently known in south-west Australia and a redescription of one resident species, Cysteochila cracentis.

Description of three new species of Ceratocader (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Western Australia

“…Despite recent publications documenting new species (e.g. Symonds 2008, 2011;Guilbert and Moir 2010;Moir 2009;Moir and Guilbert 2012) many species await description. Here, we describe three new species of Ceratocader from Western Australia: Ceratocader langlandsi sp.…”

“…Western Australia is particularly rich in lacebug species of the family Tingidae, with a key to the genera present in the south-west provided by Moir and Guilbert (2012). Despite recent publications documenting new species (e.g.…”