Acrodelphax thimbron Fennah
    Acrodelphax thimbron Fennah 1965 : 39

Anectopia igerna Kirkaldy
    Anectopia igerna Kirkaldy 1907 : 144

Anectopia mandane Kirkaldy
    Anectopia mandane Kirkaldy 1907 : 144
    Mestus morio Melichar 1903 : 105, syn. by Muir 1917 : 316, preoccupied by M. morio Motschulsky

Aplanodes australiae (Kirkaldy)
    Criomorphus australiae Kirkaldy 1907 : 131
    Aplanodes australiae (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965 : 22

Cemus kirkaldyi (Metcalf)
    Phacalastor koebelei Kirkaldy 1906 : 408,
    Phyllodinus koebelei (Kirkaldy), Muir 1921 : 576
    Phyllodinus kirkaldyi Metcalf 1943 : 148, nom nov for Phyllodinus koebelei (Kirkaldy) preoccupied by Phyllodinus koebelei Osborn.
    Cemus kirkaldyi (Metcalf), Fennah 1965 : 19

Chloriona thyestes (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax thyestes Kirkaldy 1907 : 152
    Chloriona thyestes (Kirkaldy), Metcalf 1943 : 328

Coronacella sinhalana (Kirkaldy)
    Liburnia frontalis Melichar 1903 : 100, preoccupied by Delphax frontalis Kirschbaum 1868.
    Delphacodes sinhalana Kirkaldy 1906a : 156, nom. nov. for Liburnia frontalis Melichar.
    Delphax puella Kirkaldy 1907 : 160, misidentification of Delphax puella Van Duzee 1894.
    Kelisia kirkaldyi Muir 1917 : 329, nom nov for Delphax puella Kirkaldy 1907 , synonymised by Fennah 1975a : 108
    Coronacella kirkaldyi (Muir), Fennah 1965 : 47
    Coronacella bella Metcalf 1950 : 60, synonymised by Fennah 1965 : 47
    Coronacella sinhalana (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1975a : 108

Delphacodes hyas (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax hyas Kirkaldy 1907 : 156
    Delphacodes hyas (Kirkaldy), Muir 1917 : 333

Delphacodes muirianus Izzard
    Delphacodes muirianus Izzard 1936 : 595

Dicranotropis aristoxenus Kirkaldy
    Dicranotropis aristoxenus Kirkaldy 1907 : 134

Dicranotropis fuscifrons (Muir)
    Perkinsiella fuscifrons Muir 1910 : 11
    Dicranotropis fuscifrons (Muir), Muir 1917 : 317

Eumetopina histrionica (Kirkaldy)
    Gelastodelphax histrionicus Kirkaldy 1906 : 411
    Eumetopina histrionica (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965 : 54

Haplodelphax darwini Fennah
    Haplodelphax darwini Fennah 1965 : 33

Haplodelphax euronotianus Kirkaldy
    Haplodelphax euronotianus Kirkaldy 1907 : 146

Haplodelphax iuncicola Kirkaldy
    Haplodelphax iuncicola Kirkaldy 1907 : 146

Haplodelphax naias Kirkaldy
    Haplodelphax naias Kirkaldy 1907 : 146

Harmalia ostorius (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax ostorius Kirkaldy 1907 : 153
    Chloriona ostorius (Kirkaldy), Metcalf 1943 : 324
    Harmalia ostorius (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1969 : 39 [update: 18.ii.2003]

Latistria eupompe (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax eupompe Kirkaldy 1907 : 162
    Latistria eupompe (Kirkaldy), Asche & Wilson 1990 : 37
    Delphax ochrias Kirkaldy 1907 : 157, syn. by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 37
    Sogatodes infestus Yang 1989 : 172, syn. by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 37

Liburnia astyanax (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax astyanax Kirkaldy 1907 : 161
    Liburnia astyanax (Kirkaldy), Metcalf 1943 : 351

Megamelus leimonias (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax leimonias Kirkaldy 1907 : 159
    Megamelus leimonias (Kirkaldy), Muir 1917 : 328
Known host: taro (Colocasia esculenta , Araceae)
Note: Zimmerman ( 1948 : 246) states that this species does not belong in Megamelus which is restricted to North and South America. He also suggested that the species might be better placed in Tarophagus although further work and more material was needed to determine this.

Nilaparvata albotristriata (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax albotristriatus Kirkaldy 1907 : 154
    Nilaparvata albotristriata (Kirkaldy), Okada 1977 : 3

Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), the brown planthopper
    Delphax lugens Stål 1854 : 246
    Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), Muir & Giffard 1924 : 16
    Delphax sordescens Motschulsky 1863 : 109, syn. by Muir & Giffard 1924 : 16
    Nilaparvata greeni Distant 1906c : 473, syn. by Muir & Giffard 1924 : 16
    Kalpa aculeata Distant 1906c : 474, syn. by Muir & Giffard 1924 : 16
    Delphax oryzae Matsumura 1907a : 86, syn. by ?
    Delphax ordovix Kirkaldy 1907 : 152, syn. by Muir & Giffard 1924 : 16
    Delphax parysatis Kirkaldy 1907 : 153, syn. by Muir & Giffard 1924 : 16
    Hikona formosana Matsumura 1935 : 139, syn. by ?

Note: This species is the vector of rice ragged stunt oryzavirus and rice wilted stunt virus (= rice grassy stunt tenuivirus) overseas. [update: 6.iv.2000]

Nycheuma cognata (Muir)
    Dicranotropis cognata Muir 1917 : 317
    Nycheuma cognata (Muir), Fennah 1969 : 37

Opiconsiva dilpa (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax dilpa Kirkaldy 1907 : 162
    Corbulo dilpa (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965 : 48
    Opiconsiva dilpa (Kirkaldy), Asche 1988 : 198

Opiconsiva dodona (Fennah)
    Corbulo dodona Fennah 1965 : 48
    Kelisia paludum sensu Muir 1917 : 310, determined by Fennah 1975a : 49
    Opiconsiva dodona (Fennah), Fennah 1975a : 112
Note: Muir (1917 ) regarded this Australian species as part of Kirkaldy's (1910 : 579) Kelisia paludum which is widespread in the Pacific but Fennah (1975a ) considered them to be separate. [update: 12.vi.2003]

Peliades platypus (Bierman)
    Platybrachys platypoda Bierman 1910 : 42
    Peliades platypus (Bierman), Jacobi 1928 : 43

Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead), the maize planthopper
    Delphax maidis Ashmead 1890 : 323
    Delphax psylloides Lethierry 1894 : 105, synonymised by Melichar 1903 : 101
    Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead), Kirkaldy 1904 : 176
    Pundaluoya simplicia Distant 1906c : 468, synonymised by Kirkaldy 1907a : 125
Note: This species is a vector of Maize Stripe Tenuivirus, Maize Mosaic Virus (= Maize Mosaic Rhabdovirus), Sorghum Stripe Virus and Maize Mosaic Nucleorhabdovirus in SE Asia and the Pacific. [update: 6.iv.2000]

Perkinsiella graminicida Kirkaldy
    Perkinsiella graminicida Kirkaldy 1906 : 406
Note: This species is presumed to be capable of transmitting sugarcane Fiji leafgall disease. [update: 6.iv.2000]

Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy, the Australian sugarcane planthopper
    Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy 1903a : 179

Note: P. saccharicida is a known vector of sugarcane Fiji leafgall disease in Australia and elsewhere. [update: 6.iv.2000], maize [update: 12.iii.2002]

Perkinsiella thompsoni Muir
    Perkinsiella thompsoni Muir 1913 : 240

Note: This species, described originally from PNG, was first collected in Australia in WA in 1997. The species is presumed to be capable of transmitting sugarcane Fiji leafgall disease. [update: 25.v.2000]

Phacalastor pseudomaidis Kirkaldy
    Phacalastor pseudomaidis Kirkaldy 1906 : 408
    Perkinsiella pseudomaidis (Kirkaldy), Kirkaldy 1907 : 136
    Phacalastor pseudomaidis Kirkaldy, Muir 1910 : 11

Proterosydne arborea Kirkaldy
    Proterosydne arborea Kirkaldy 1907 : 131

Sardia persephone (Kirkaldy)
    Liburnia fumipennis Melichar 1903 : 97, syn. by Fennah 1965 : 44, preoccupied by Liburnia fumipennis Fieber
    Hadeodelphax persephone Kirkaldy 1907 : 141
    Sardia persephone (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965 : 44
    Sardia pronotalis Distant 1916 : 141, syn. by Fennah 1965 : 45

Sardia rostrata pluto (Kirkaldy)
    Hadeodelphax pluto Kirkaldy 1906 : 410
    Sardia rostrata pluto (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965 : 44

Note: Muir ( 1923a : 257) synonymised H. pluto with Sardia rostrata Melichar (1903) on the basis that the differences between them (variations in colour and head length) are not specific. Fennah ( 1965 : 44), apparently unaware of Muir's (1923a ) synonymy, also stated that he could find no differences to justify the existence of two species and placed pluto as a subspecies, the typical subspecies being described originally from Sri Lanka. S. rostrata has been recorded widely in the Oriental and Pacific regions from Sri Lanka to Fiji but the geographical limits of the two subspecies have not been defined. Kirkaldy (1907 : 140) described a variety of H. pluto (var. pallidior) from Queensland and Fiji and this implies that the subspecies that occurs in the Pacific region is S. r. pluto rather than S. r. rostrata.

Smicrotatodelphax perkinsi Kirkaldy
    Smicrotatodelphax perkinsi Kirkaldy 1906 : 412

Sogatella furcifera (Horváth)
    Delphax furcifera Horváth 1899 : 372
    Liburnia furcifera (Horváth), Matsumura 1900 : 262
    Sogata distincta Distant 1912 : 191, syn. by Muir 1919 : 8
    Sogata pallescens Distant 1912 : 192, syn. by Muir 1919 : 8
    Delphax nigrigenis Jacobi 1917 : 530, syn. by Muir & Giffard 1924 : 13
    Sogata kyusyuensis Matsumura and Ishihara 1945: 65, synonymised by Asche and Wilson 1990 : 9
    Chloriona (Sogatella) furcifera (Horváth), Fennah 1956a : 472
    Sogatella furcifera (Horváth), Fennah 1963 : 48 
Note: This species is a vector of pangola stunt fijivirus in South America and may be associated with transmission of such diseases in Australia. [update: 6.iv.2000]

Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy 1907 : 157
    Opiconsiva insularis Distant 1917 : 303, syn. by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 16
    Opiconsiva balteata Distant 1917 : 302, syn. by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 16
    Opiconsiva derelicta Distant 1917 : 303, syn. by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 16
    Delphacodes elegantissima Ishihara 1952: 45, syn. by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 16
    Sogata meridiana Beamer 1952: 111, syn. by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 16
    Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1963 : 58
    Sogatella kolophon atlantica Fennah 1963 : 58, syn. by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 16
    Sogatella nebris Fennah 1963 : 67, syn. by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 18
    Sogatella chenhea Kuoh 1977: 440, syn. by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 16

Note: This species has been shown to transmit pangola stunt fijivirus in Australia (Teakle, et al 1989 ). [update: 6.iv.2000]

Sogatella vibix (Haupt)
    Liburnia vibix Haupt 1927 : 13
    Sogatella vibix (Haupt), Asche & Wilson 1990 : 22
    Delphacodes longifurcifera Esaki & Ishihara 1947 : 41, synonymised by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 22
Note: Other synonymies are given by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 22 and on the ABIF website .

Sogatellana geranor (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax geranor Kirkaldy 1907 : 158
    Sogatellana geranor (Kirkaldy), Asche & Wilson 1990 : 37
    Megamelus sponsa Kirkaldy 1907 : 148, synonymised by Asche & Wilson 1990 : 37

Stenocranus agamopsyche Kirkaldy
    Stenocranus agamopsyche Kirkaldy 1906 : 409
Note: Asche ( 1985 ) referred the genus Stenocranus  to a new subfamily Stenocraninae. This was based on several characters of male and female genitalia.

Stobaera concinna (Stål) [update: added 12.xii.1999]
  Delphax concinna Stål 1854 : 246
  Stobaera concinna (Stål), Stål 1859 : 327
Note: This species was introduced to Qld in 1985-6 for the control of parthenium weed and was also released in SE Qld on annual ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia on which it established (McFadyen and Crutwell 1992 )

Syndelphax euonymus Fennah
    Toya euonymus Fennah 1965 : 57
    Syndelphax euonymos (Fennah), Fennah 1975 : 109

Syndelphax matanitu (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax matanitu Kirkaldy 1907 : 155
    Delphax disonymos Kirkaldy 1907 : 156
    Syndelphax matanitu (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1963b : 16

Tarophagus colocasiae ( Matsumura)
    Liburnia (Delphax) colocasiae Matsumura 1920 : 564
    Tarophagus proserpina taiwanensis Wilson 1988 : 54, synonymised by Asche and Wilson 1989 : 288
    Tarophagus colocasiae (Matsumura), Asche & Wilson 1989 : 288

Known host: taro (Colocasia esculenta , Araceae)

Tarophagus persephone (Kirkaldy), the taro planthopper
    Megamelus persephone Kirkaldy 1907 : 148
    Megamelus proserpinoides Muir 1917 : 327, synonymised by Asche & Wilson 1989 : 290
    Tarophagus proserpina australis Fennah 1965 : 37, synonymised by Asche & Wilson 1989 : 290
    Tarophagus persephone (Kirkaldy), Zimmerman 1948 : 245
Known host: taro (Colocasia esculenta , Araceae)

Temenites ancon Fennah
    Temenites ancon Fennah 1965 : 16

Terthron anemonias (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax anemonias Kirkaldy 1907 : 159
    Terthron anemonias (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965 : 56

Terthron pylaon (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax pylaon Kirkaldy 1907 : 160
    Pissonotus pylaon (Kirkaldy), Muir 1917 : 325
    Terthron pylaon (Kirkaldy), Bartlett and Deitz 2000 : 146

Thrasymemnon kaha (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax kaha Kirkaldy 1907 : 158
    Megamelus kaha (Kirkaldy), Muir 1917 : 328
    Thrasymemnon kaha (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965 : 43

Thymalops anderida (Kirkaldy)
    Dicranotropis anderida Kirkaldy 1907 : 133
    Thymalops anderida (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965 : 20

Toya dryope (Kirkaldy), the turf planthopper
    Delphax dryope Kirkaldy 1907 : 154
    Toya dryope (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965 : 56

Toya lazulis (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax lazulis Kirkaldy 1907 : 155
    Toya lazulis (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965 : 58

Toya propinqua (Fieber)
    Delphax propinqua Fieber 1866 : 525
    Toya propinqua (Fieber), Fennah 1965 : 56

Ulanar algebra (Kirkaldy)
    Delphax algebra Kirkaldy 1907 : 161
    Liburnia algebra (Kirkaldy), Metcalf 1943 : 350
    Ulanar algebra (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1975a : 127

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