Barrow Island Planthopper
Caliscelidae gen. indet.
FP-900 (BWI sp. C)
Discoverer: M.L. Moir (2012)
Fauna Portal species: 900
Caliscelidae FP-900 male, lateral (HBI N3779-14; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 9553Diagnosis
Caliscelidae FP-900 is a distinctive species with males being anteriorly orange-red and having a black abdomen.
The female is currently unknown but taking the possible sexual dimorphim in this family into account, it is possible that either Caliscelidae FP-2745 or Caliscelidae FP-13632 are the female of this species pending molecular analyses.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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