Slender Squawker
Pauropsalta extensa (Goding and Froggatt, 1904)
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Female
Includes Pauropsalta prolongata
Goding and Froggatt, 1904.
Species number (TNS):
653.
Fore wing length:
18–23 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
South-east South Australia where it is
known from near Murray Bridge, near
Tailem Bend and north of Bordertown.
Notable localities:
Tailem Bend (Simon lab), Burdett.
Habitat:
Mallee eucalypt woodland, including
roadside remnants.
Calling song and behaviour:
Short, sweeping buzz phrases, repeated
monotonously. There can be long
periods of silence between bouts of
calling. Adult sit on the branches and
stems of mallee eucalypts.
Similar species:
Mallee Squawker.
dr-pop.net database record
Currently known extent
Male
Habitat