Species of Acanaloniidae known to occur in Australia
These species were originally placed in the family Issidae but Emeljanov (1999) transferred the Trienopinae and Tonginae to the Acanaloniidae thereby creating an Australian representation for this family.
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Subfamily Tonginae
Hemitonga dyakana (Kirkaldy)
    Tylana acutipennis Melichar 1906: 200
    Tylana dyakana Kirkaldy 1907: 105, nom nov for T. acutipennis Melichar, preoccupied by Lollius acutipennis Kirkaldy 1906: 12
    Hemitonga dyakana (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1954: 461
Qld, Borneo
Cotylana acutipennis (Kirkaldy)
    Lollius acutipennis Kirkaldy 1906: 439
    Cotylana acutipennis (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1954: 463
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Qld
Cotylana angustifrons (Kirkaldy)
    Lollius angustifrons Kirkaldy 1906: 439
    Cotylana angustifrons (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1954: 463
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Qld
Distiana andrewsi (Kirby)
    Issus andrewsi Kirby 1900: 138
    Distiana andrewsi (Kirby), Metcalf 1952: 227
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Christmas Island
Paratonga truncaticeps Schmidt
    Paratonga truncaticeps Schmidt 1910: 182
Tas, PNG
Lollius australicus Stål
    Lollius australicus Stål 1870: 763
Qld, PNG, Philippines,
Solomon Islands, Fiji,
Indonesia
Tylana lineolata (Walker)
    Issus lineolatus Walker 1862: 308
    Tylana lineolata (Walker), Distant 1909a: 77
Qld
Subfamily Acanaloniinae
Andrewsiella oceanica Izzard
    Andrewsiella oceanica Izzard 1936: 594
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[update: image added 16.v.2006]
Christmas Island
Chlorochara vivida (Fabricius 1775)
Note: This species was listed from "Australia" by Fabricius but all other records indicate that it (along with all other species of the genus) is restricted to South and Central America, including the Caribbean. In the absence of known specimens from Australia, this record is presumed to be in error.

 

Document 5889, submitted 16 May 2006
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