Barrow Island Planthopper
Oligaethus
FP-13635
Discoverer: M.L. Moir (2017)
Fauna Portal species: 13635
Oligaethus FP-13635 female, lateral (HBI N3773-40; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 9595Diagnosis
Oligaethus FP-13635 have a consistently shorter vertex of the head than Oligaethus FP-13633. Both may turn out to belong to the same species when more material allows a better interpretation of the variation of this character.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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