Ceratocader coatesi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tingoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Cimicomorpha Superfamilia: Tingoidea

Familia: Tingidae
Subfamilia: Cantacaderinae
Tribus: Ceratocaderini
Genus: Ceratocader
Species: Ceratocader coatesi

Name

• Ceratocader coatesi Moir & Lis, 2012: 150, figs. 1, 4, 5, 8

Holotype: WAM E82995, ♂.

Type locality: Western Australia: Porongurups National Park, Devils Slide, site 6, 34º40’31”S, 117º51’05”E, ex Gastrolobium crenulatum [Note: plant species misidentified = G. subcordatum], beat, 15 October 2006, M.L. Moir and J.M. Waldock.

Etymology: This species is named in honor of Dr David Coates, for his contribution towards the conservation of many threatened Western Australian plant species, and his support of the first author’s work highlighting the potential coextinction of insects on these plants.

References

• Moir, Melinda L. & Barbara Lis, 2012: Description of three new species of Ceratocader (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Western Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum, 27: 148–155.

Vernacular names

English: Coates’ lacebug