Species of Cercopidae
known to occur in Australia

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Aufidus lucidus Jacobi
    Aufidus lucidus Jacobi 1928: 49
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Link to Aufidus page

 Qld
Aufidus trifasciatus Stål
    Aufidus trifasciatus Stål 1863: 594
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Link to Aufidus page

 Qld, Mysol
Aufiterna kirkaldyi (Jacobi), comb. nov.
    Aufiterna ptyeloides Kirkaldy 1906: 382
    Aufidus ptyeloides (Kirkaldy), Jacobi 1921: 50, preoccupied by Aufidus ptyeloides (Breddin)
    Aufidus kirkaldyi Jacobi 1921: 50, nom. nov. for Aufidus ptyeloides Kirkaldy
    Aufiterna ptyeloides Kirkaldy, Evans 1966: 313
    Aufiterna kirkaldyi (Jacobi), comb. nov.
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Note: Jacobi (1921) synonymised Aufiterna with Aufidus thereby creating homonymy between Aufiterna ptyeloides Kirkaldy and Notoscarta ptyeloides Breddin which had previously been placed in Aufidus. He therefore created the new name Aufidus kirkaldyi Jacobi for A. ptyeloides Kirkaldy. Evans (1966: 313), in rejecting the generic synonymy, invalidly reverted to the original combination.
Link to Aufiterna page

 Qld
Euryaulax carnifex (Fabricius), the sugarcane froghopper
    Cercopis carnifex Fabricius 1775: 688
    Triecphora inconstans Walker 1851: 673
    Triecphora maculata Walker 1851: 673
    Euryaulax carnifex (Fabricius), Lallemand 1949: 97
    Euryaulax callitettigoides Kirkaldy 1906: 381, synonymised by Distant 1908a: 97
    Euryaulax arctofasciata Lallemand 1949: 79, synonymised by Evans 1966: 313 (as "artofasciata")
    Eoscarta carnifex (Fabricius), Evans 1966: 313.
    Euryaulax carnifex (Fabricius), Liang and Fletcher 2002: 43
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Note: This species displays variability in the amount of dark brown on the thorax and tegmina, those from Qld being considerably darker than those from WA. However, there is no variation in the structures of the male genitalia and the colour forms are not considered to represent differing taxa. A red form found in the Northern Territory may represent another species. E. carnifex is a known minor pest of sugarcane (Magarey, et al. 1988).
Link to Euryaulax page

 Qld, WA
Euryaulax vacuola (Jacobi)
    Eoscarta vacuola Jacobi 1928: 49
    Euryaulax vacuola (Jacobi), Liang and Fletcher 2002: 43
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[update: image added 30.vi.2006]
Link to Euryaulax page

 Qld
Megastethodon urvillei (Le P. & S.)
    Cercopis urvillei Le Pelletier and Serville 1825: 605
    Megastethedon urvillei (Le P. & S.), Schmidt 1911: 68
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[update 18.i.2002: Original combination added]
Link to Megastethodon page

 Qld, PNG
Petyllis deprivata (Walker)
    Monecphora deprivata Walker 1858a: 179
    Petyllis australiensis Kirkaldy 1906: 382, synonymised by Evans 1966: 314
    Haematoscarta flavifrons Schmidt 1925: 40, synonymised by Evans 1966: 314
    Petyllis deprivata (Walker), Evans 1966: 314
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Note: This species has been collected in WA from Bossiaea (Fabaceae), Lomandra (Dasypogonaceae), Macrozamia (Zamiaceae), Adenanthos (Myrtaceae) (Moir et al. 2003)
Link to Petyllis page

 NSW, Qld, Vic, WA
[WA update: 12.ix.2003]
Tonnoiria chinai (Hacker)
    Eoscarta chinai Hacker 1926: 244
    Tonnoiria chinae (Hacker), Evans 1966: 315
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Link to Tonnoiria page

 Qld
Tonnoiria tasmaniae Lallemand
    Tonnoiria tasmaniae Lallemand 1954: 501
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Note: Evans (1966) used the name T. tasmaniana but Lallemand's (1954) original spelling was T. tasmaniae.
Link to Tonnoiria page

 NSW, ACT, Qld,
Tas, Vic

Document 7236, submitted 28 March 2008
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