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 central Eyre Peninsula
(A. Stolarski), near Murray Bridge,
near Tailem Bend and north of
Bordertown.
Notable localities:
Tailem Bend, 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