Species of Derbidae known to occur in Australia
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SUBFAMILY OTIOCERINAE: Tribe Zoraidini
Lydda elongata (Fabricius)
    Cicada elongata Fabricius 1781: 324
    Lydda elongata (Fabricius), Westwood 1841: 478
    Diospolis elongata (Fabricius), Muir 1918: 174
    Philadelpheia pandani Kirkaldy 1906: 432, synonymised by Muir 1918: 174
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Known host: Pandanus (Pandanaceae) (Kirkaldy 1906)		 Qld, NSW
Proutista australis (Distant)
    Phenice australis Distant 1907: 397
    Proutista australis (Distant), Kirkaldy 1907: 174		 Qld, India,
Sri Lanka
Proutista koebelei Muir
    Proutista koebelei Muir 1913a: 74		 Qld
Proutista lumholtzi Kirkaldy
    Sardis maculosa (Krüger) sensu Kirkaldy 1906: 433
    Phenice maculosa (Kirkaldy), Distant 1907b: 195
    Proutista lumholtzi Kirkaldy 1907a: 126, nom nov for Phenice maculosa Kirkaldy, preoccupied by Phenice maculosa Krüger
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Note: Kirkaldy's (1906) recognition of Phenice maculosa Krüger was wrong and his designation of this name as the type species for his new genus Sardis created a homonym of Krüger's species. At the same time, Distant's (1906c) recognition of the genus Phenice was also wrong when he synonymised Proutista Kirkaldy and, in 1907, Sardis Kirkaldy with it (Distant 1907b). Kirkaldy (1907a) resurrected Proutista and synonymised Sardis and Distant's version of Phenice with it. In the same paper he created a new name to replace the homonym he had created in 1906.
Known hosts: Saccharum officinale (Poaceae), Pandanus (Pandanaceae) (Kirkaldy 1906)		 Qld, Indonesia
Proutista perkinsi Muir
    Proutista perkinsi Muir 1913a: 75		 Qld
Proutista pseudodecisa Muir
    Proutista pseudodecisa Muir 1918: 177		 NT
Zoraida consanguinea Distant
    Zoraida consanguinea Distant 1907: 402		 Qld
Zoraida cycnoptera Distant
    Zoraida cycnoptera Distant 1907: 401		 Qld
Zoraida essingtonii (Westwood)
    Derbe (Thracia) essingtonii Westwood 1851: 210
    Zoraida essingtonii (Westwood), Distant 1907: 402		 "North Australia"
Zoraida eupoecila Distant
    Zoraida eupoecila Distant 1907: 402		 Qld
Zoraida picta Distant
    Zoraida picta Distant 1907: 403		 Qld
Zoraida sexnotata (Walker)
    Thracia sexnotata Walker 1870: 139
    Zoraida sexnotata (Walker), Muir 1918: 176
    Zoraida cydista Distant 1907: 402, synonymised by Muir 1918: 176		 Qld, PNG,
Indonesia
 
SUBFAMILY OTIOCERINAE: Tribe Sikaianini
Sikaiana hyalinata Distant
    Sikaiana hyalinata Distant 1907: 399		 Qld
Sikaiana maculosa Distant
    Sikaiana maculosa Distant 1907: 399		 Qld
 
SUBFAMILY OTIOCERINAE: Tribe Rhotanini
Levu opalinum (Distant)
    Rhotana opalina Distant 1907: 410
    Levu opalinum (Distant), Muir 1918a: 231		 Qld
Levu vitiensis Kirkaldy
    Levu vitiensis Kirkaldy 1906: 434  
Note: A specimen in ASCU, from Narara, NSW, has been identified as this species by B. Zelazny
NSW, Fiji
Rhotana chrysonoe Kirkaldy
    Rhotana chrysonoe Kirkaldy 1906: 435
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Note: Metcalf 1945: 80 moved this species into Decora Bierman 1910: 19, but Zelazny (1981: 264) synonymised Decora with Rhotana Walker 1857: 1960
Qld, NSW,
Tas [update 21.vii.2000]
Rhotana haematoneura Kirkaldy
    Rhotana haematoneura Kirkaldy 1906: 435  
Note: Muir 1927: 21 moved this species into Decora Bierman 1910: 19, but Zelazny (1981: 264) synonymised Decora with Rhotana Walker 1857: 1960
Qld
Rhotana quadrimaculata Distant
    Rhotana quadrimaculata Distant 1907: 411  
Note: Muir 1918a: 231 moved this species into Decora Bierman 1910: 19, but Zelazny (1981: 264) synonymised Decora with Rhotana Walker 1857: 1960
Qld
Rhotana ramentosa Distant
    Rhotana ramentosa Distant 1907: 409  
Note: Muir 1918a: 231 moved this species into Decora Bierman 1910: 19, but Zelazny (1981: 264) synonymised Decora with Rhotana Walker 1857: 1960
Qld
Rhotana septemmaculata Distant
    Rhotana septemmaculata Distant 1907: 410  
Note: Muir 1918a: 231 moved this species into Decora Bierman 1910: 19, but Zelazny (1981: 264) synonymised Decora with Rhotana Walker 1857: 1960
Qld
Rhotana transversa Distant
    Rhotana transversa Distant 1907: 410		 Qld
 
SUBFAMILY OTIOCERINAE: Tribe Otiocerini
Kuranda notata Distant
    Kuranda notata Distant 1907: 407		 Qld
Swezeyia arborea (Kirkaldy)
    Phantasmatocera arborea Kirkaldy 1906: 431
    Arunta rubrovenosa Distant 1907: 406, synonymised by Kirkaldy 1907: 177
    Swezeyia arborea (Kirkaldy), Muir 1927: 20		 Qld
Swezeyia pseudopallidocornis (Muir)
    Phantasmatocera pseudopalidocornis Muir 1913a: 49 
    Swezeyia pseudopallidocornis (Muir), Muir 1927: 20  
Note: Muir's original spelling was "pseudopalidocornis" but this was amended by Metcalf (1945: 154) because the original was clearly based on a misspelling of pallidocornis.
Qld
Swezeyia pulchella (Muir)
    Phantasmatocera pulchella Muir 1924: 29
    Swezeyia pulchella (Muir), Muir 1927: 20		 Qld
Swezeyia sp.
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Note: The specimen photographed is in ASCU from Melaleuca quinquenervia atTownsville, Nth. Queensland and appears to be S. lyricen Kirkaldy, not previously recorded from Australia
Kamendaka australis Muir
    Kamendaka australis Muir 1913a: 55		 Qld
Kamendaka (Eosaccharisa) longmani Muir
    Kamendaka (Eosaccharisa) longmani Muir 1924: 30		 Qld
Kaha perfecta Kirkaldy
    Kaha perfecta Kirkaldy 1906: 434		 Qld
Makula ornata Distant
    Makula ornata Distant 1907: 408		 Qld
Vivaha saniosa Distant
    Vivaha saniosa Distant 1907: 405		 Qld
Deribia coccinea (Guérin-Méneville)
    Anotia coccinea Guérin-Méneville 1829: 58 
    Deribia coccinea (Guérin-Méneville), Westwood 1841a: 13  
Note: M.-C. Larivière has raised doubts about the validity of the New Zealand record of this species.
Australia
PNG, NZ
Heronax dubia Muir
    Heronax dubia Muir 1924: 31		 Qld
Heronax infuscata (Distant)
    Fenuahala infuscata Distant 1907: 412
    Heronax infuscata (Distant), Muir 1913a: 59		 Qld
Heronax juno (Distant)
    Fenuahala juno Distant 1907: 413
    Heronax juno (Distant), Kirkaldy 1907: 176		 Qld
Heronax pallescens (Distant)
    Fenuahala pallescens Distant 1907: 413
    Heronax pallescens (Distant), Kirkaldy 1907: 176		 Qld
Heronax parnassia Kirkaldy
    Heronax parnassia Kirkaldy 1906: 431		 Qld
Heronax rubrinervis (Distant)
    Fenuahala rubrinervis Distant 1907: 413
    Heronax rubrinervis (Distant), Kirkaldy 1907: 176		 Qld
Heronax saccharivora Kirkaldy
    Heronax saccharivora Kirkaldy 1906: 432
Known Host: Saccharum officinale (Poaceae) (Kirkaldy 1906)		 Qld
 
SUBFAMILY DERBINAE: Tribe Cenchreini
Basileocephalus thaumatonotus Kirkaldy
    Basileocephalus thaumatonotus Kirkaldy 1906: 429
    Urabunna lineata Distant 1907: 414, synonymised by Kirkaldy 1907: 166		 Qld
Lamenia leucoptera (Kirkaldy)
    Thyrocephalus leucopterus Kirkaldy 1906: 430
    Lamenia leucoptera (Kirkaldy), Metcalf 1945: 125		 Qld
 
SUBFAMILY CEDUSINAE: Tribe Breddiniolini
Hemielissum evansi Emeljanov and Fletcher
    Hemielissum evansi Emeljanov and Fletcher 2004: 39
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SUBFAMILY CEDUSINAE: Tribe Cedusini
Cedusa jacobii Metcalf
    Gonyphlepsia angustifronsJacobi 1928: 40
    Cedusa angustifrons (Jacobi), Muir 1934: 565
    Cedusa jacobii Metcalf 1945: 131, nom. nov. for G. angustifrons Jacobi, preoccupied by Lamenia angustifrons Melichar		 Qld
Cedusa kulia (Kirkaldy)
    Lamenia kulia Kirkaldy 1906: 403
    Cedusa kulia (Kirkaldy), Muir 1913a: 36		 Qld
Cedusa spinosa Metcalf
    Gonyphlepsia venosa Jacobi 1928: 40
    Cedusa venosa (Jacobi), Muir 1934: 565
    Cedusa spinosa Metcalf 1945: 134, nom nov for G. venosa Jacobi, preoccupied by Cedusa venosa Fowler		 WA
Eocenchrea costalis (Jacobi)
    Gonyphlepsia costalis Jacobi 1928: 39
    Eocenchrea costalis (Jacobi), Muir 1934: 565
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Qld
Eocenchrea costalis var. fusca (Metcalf)
    Gonyphlepsia costalis var. Jacobi 1928: 39
    Gonyphlepsia costalis var. fusca Metcalf 1936: 254, nom nov for Gonyphlepsia costalis var. Jacobi 1928: 39
    Eocenchra costalis var. fusca (Metcalf), new combination
Note: This new combination follows from Muir's (1934) transfer of G. costalis to Eocenchrea.		 Qld
Eocenchrea hiva (Kirkaldy)
    Lamenia hiva Kirkaldy 1906: 404
    Eocenchrea hiva (Kirkaldy), Muir 1913a: 37		 Qld
Eocenchrea montistympani (Jacobi)
    Gonyphlepsia montistympaniJacobi 1928: 39
    Eocenchrea montistympani (Jacobi), Muir 1934: 565		 Qld
Eocenchrea pulla Muir
    Eocenchrea pulla Muir 1924: 29		 NSW

 

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