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Mcateella
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Mcateella

Mcateella is a genus of ash-grey leaf bugs, insects of the family Piesmatidae, first described by Carl John Drake in 1924 The genus name honours Waldo Lee McAtee. The genus is endemic to Australia and is found in all mainland states and territories, with the exception of Victoria and the ACT.

Elias and Cassis state that Mcateella feed not only on Acacias, but on a wide range of plants..

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Mcateella elongata

speciesMcateella elongata

Mcateella interioris

speciesMcateella interioris

Mcateella splendida

speciesMcateella splendida

Mcateella reedi

speciesMcateella reedi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 704589.