Species Carenotus yuendumu McMah & Cassis, 2024

Museums

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• Carenotus yuendumu 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 [55, Fig. 2, 3, 5, 7, 29, 30, 31].
  Zoobank Registration Number:11F579FD-FAA8-489A-AFFB-528593605DE4

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA UNSW_ENT 00052426 ♂, Henbury Station: 10 km W of Henbury Homestead, SA [24.605°S, 133.16528°E].
  Paratype(s) numerous specimens, NT & WA.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Finke (FIN), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore (associated flora: Eremophila duttonii [SCROPHULARIACEAE]; Eremophila gilesii [SCROPHULARIACEAE]; Eremophila glabra [SCROPHULARIACEAE]; Eremophila latrobei [SCROPHULARIACEAE]; Eremophila neglecta [SCROPHULARIACEAE]; Eremophila scoparia [SCROPHULARIACEAE]; Eremophila sturtii [SCROPHULARIACEAE]).

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