Species Carenotus arltunga McMah & Cassis, 2024

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• Carenotus arltunga McMah, A. & Cassis, G. 2024. Ant mimicry in Australian plant bugs: a new genus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Austromirini: Carenotus gen. nov.), eight new species, myrmecomorphic traits, host plants and distribution. Invertebrate Systematics 38: 1-60 [39, Fig. 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10].
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  Type data:

   Holotype WAM UNSW_ENT 00015815 ♂, Newman Rocks, 136.5 km E of Norseman, WA [32.11084°S, 123.1704°E].
  Paratype(s) AM UNSW_ENT 00016076, UNSW_ENT 00016077 2♀, 1 km S of Henbury Craters Nature Reserve, NT [24.56668°S, 133.1234°E]; numerous specimens, NT, SA & WA.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Stony Plains (STP)

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore (associated flora: Acacia aneura [FABACEAE]; Acacia brachystachya [FABACEAE]; Acacia unknown sp. [FABACEAE]).

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