Systematics, biogeography and host plant associations of the lace bug genus Lasiacantha Stål in Australia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae)

Cassis, Gerasimos; Symonds, Celia

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“…This paper provides an update to a recent revision of the Australian species of the lace bug genus Lasiacantha Stål which recognised 19 species, most of which were new to science (Cassis & Symonds ). The catalyst for this work was to describe new species collected in recent Bush Blitz surveys (http://www.bushblitz.org.au; Cassis et al .…”

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“…The catalyst for this work was to describe new species collected in recent Bush Blitz surveys (http://www.bushblitz.org.au; Cassis et al . ; Cassis & Symonds ; Namyatova et al . ) as well as incorporating other recent collections from continental Australia.…”

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“…Lasiacantha is an Old World genus, presently comprising 50 species (Drake & Ruhoff ; Cassis & Gross ; Cassis & Symonds ). Recent works have described new species from Africa (Göellner‐Scheiding ), Southeast Asia (Guilbert ) and India (Livingstone & Bai ).…”

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New species of the lace bug genus Lasiacantha Stål (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Western Australia

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Cassis

2013

Australian Journal of Entomology

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Five new species of the lace bug genus Lasiacantha are described herein, L. adamah n. sp., L. caneriverensis n. sp., L. meedo n. sp., L. ningaloo n. sp. and L. spinosa n. sp., bringing the current number of Australian Lasiacantha species to 24. All new species of Lasiacantha are from the Carnarvon and Pilbara bioregions of Western Australia, where previously only one species was known. Further, half the Australian Lasiacantha species now known are from Western Australia. One of the new species, L. spinosa, has also been found in inland southern Queensland. This work also contains new collection and host plant records for L. pilbara Cassis and Symonds, corrections to the larval morphology of L. aureolus Cassis and Symonds and L. luritja Cassis and Symonds, a revised key to all representatives of Australian Lasiacantha, and a discussion of Lasiacantha host associations. Also provided are photos and mapped distributions of the new species and some habitat and host plant photos.

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New species of the lace bug genus Lasiacantha Stål (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Western Australia

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Cassis

2013

Australian Journal of Entomology

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“…Heteroptera have been found also on the asterid clade of angiosperms. For example, the Phylini genus Wallbabicoris (Schuh & Pedraza, 2010), the Halticini genera Dampierella and Goodeniaphila (Tatarnic, 2009), as well as the tingid genus Inoma (Cassis & Symonds, 2008) occur primarily on asterids. Myrtlemiris agnew is the only Myrtlemiris species found on asterid host plants; namely, Santalum lanceolatum (order Santalales).…”

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“…The Chamelaucieae belong to the rosid clade of angiosperms (Stevens, 2008). It has been proposed that plant‐feeding land bugs are primarily found on rosid angiosperms (Cassis & Vanags, 2006; Cassis et al , 2007; Cassis & Symonds, 2008; Cassis & Schuh, 2012). Myrtlemiris is consistent with this hypothesis.…”

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Myrtlemiris, a new genus and new species of Australian plant bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae): systematics, phylogeny and host associations

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Mututantri

Cassis

2012

Systematic Entomology

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A new Australian genus of Orthotylinae, Myrtlemiris Cheng, Mututantri & Cassis gen.n., is described, with nine included species described as new to science (M. agnewsp.n., M. astartephilasp.n., M. meanarrasp.n., M. newmanensissp.n., M. rubrocuneatussp.n., M. russulatussp.n., M. silveiraesp.n., M. tesselatussp.n., M. yalgoosp.n.). A phylogenetic analysis based on 39 morphological characters is presented for all Myrtlemiris species and 6 outgroup taxa. This analysis establishes Myrtlemiris as monophyletic, defined by a broad apophysis on the left paramere. A key to species is provided and diagnostic characters are illustrated. Myrtlemiris is endemic to southwest Western Australia. Host plants for Myrtlemiris species are near restricted to the myrtaceous tribe Chamelaucieae.

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Molecular phylogeny of tribe Myoporeae (Scrophulariaceae) using nuclear ribosomal DNA: Generic relationships and evidence for major clades

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Eremophila is a significant component of the Australian arid zone flora, but its generic limits and relationships to the other six genera of tribe Myoporeae remain largely untested. In this study, we assembled a dataset of the nuclear ribosomal cistron (ca. 6000 bases including ITS1+2, ETS regions, non‐transcribed spacer and associated genes) for all genera in tribe Myoporeae with a particular focus on Eremophila (205 of total 233 formally described species of Eremophila, and 28 species of related genera sampled). Phylogenetic analyses were performed using maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods. These resolved four major clades that were well supported. Eremophila was paraphyletic, with all other genera of tribe Myoporeae nested in it. We discuss two taxonomic options for addressing the paraphyly of Eremophila. As an immediate step, we propose that the small genera, Calamphoreus and Diocirea, should be placed in synonymy under Eremophila, and herein make the necessary new nomenclatural combinations. Additional phylogenetic data are needed, ideally in the form of multiple independent nuclear loci, to clarify the positions of Bontia, Glycocystis and Myoporum relative to Eremophila before further taxonomic changes are proposed.

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Systematics, biogeography and host plant associations of the lace bug genus Lasiacantha Stål in Australia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae)

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New species of the lace bug genus Lasiacantha Stål (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Western Australia

New species of the lace bug genus Lasiacantha Stål (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Western Australia

Myrtlemiris, a new genus and new species of Australian plant bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae): systematics, phylogeny and host associations

Molecular phylogeny of tribe Myoporeae (Scrophulariaceae) using nuclear ribosomal DNA: Generic relationships and evidence for major clades

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