Open AccessDONACIA AUSTRALASIAE BLACKBURN: THE SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SUBFAMILY DONACIINAE (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE) IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA
Author(s) -
Reid C. A. M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1993.tb00554.x
Subject(s) - biology , subfamily , zoology , larva , new guinea , botany , genetics , ethnology , history , gene
A single species of the subfamily Donaciinae is recognised in Australia and New Guinea: Donacia ( Cyphogaster ) australasiae Blackburn (= D. inopinata Goecke syn.n.; = D. papuana Gressitt syn.n.). The adult and larva of this species are described and the distribution illustrated. D. australasiae occurs on water‐lilies of the genera Ondinea den Hartog, Nymphaea L. and Nymphoides Séguier. A lectotype is designated for D. australasiae.