Species of Ricaniidae known to occur in Australia

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Key to described Australian genera
Aprivesa exuta (Melichar)
    Privesa exuta Melichar 1898: 284
    Aprivesa exuta (Melichar), Melichar 1923: 144
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[update 24.iv.2008]
Link to Aprivesa page

 Qld, NSW
[update: NSW added 24.iv.2008]
Aprivesa pronotalis (Distant), the saltbush planthopper
    Privesa pronotalis Distant 1917a: 187
    Aprivesa pronotalis (Distant), Fletcher 2008: 111
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[update 24.iv.2008]
Link to Aprivesa page

 NSW
Aprivesa varipennis Muir
    Aprivesa varipennis Muir 1931: 83
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Link to Aprivesa page

 WA, NSW, SA
[update: NSW, SA added, 24.iv.2008]
Armacia hyalinata (Donovan)
    Cicada hyalinata Donovan 1805: 2
    Ricania hyalinata Guérin-Méneville 1834: 466
    Ricania donovanii Spinola 1839: 397, nom nov for C. hyalinata Donovan, not Ricania hyalinata Guérin-Méneville
    Armacia hyalinata (Donovan), Melichar 1898a: 287
Note: Spinola's new name is invalid because Guérin-Méneville's Ricania hyalinata was a new combination for Donovan's Cicada hyalinata, and not a homonym.
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[update: image added 4.v.2006]
Link to Armacia page

 Qld, PNG, India,
Africa, Indonesia, 
Solomon Islands
[update: 24.iv.2008]
Epithalamium aziola Kirkaldy
    Epithalamium aziola Kirkaldy 1906: 451
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Note: This species has been collected in WA on Mirbelia (Fabaceae), Hakea (Proteaceae) and Acacia (Mimosaceae) (Moir et al. 2003) [update: 12.ix.2003]
Link to Epithalamium page

 NSW, WA
[WA update: 12.ix.2003]
Epithalamium moirae Fletcher
    Epithalamium moirae Fletcher 2008: 113
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[update: added 24.iv.2008]
Link to Epithalamium page

 WA
Euricania discigutta (Walker)
    Flatoides discigutta Walker 1862: 310
    Ricania bimaculata Walker 1870: 149, synonymised by Melichar 1898a: 261
    Ricania cyanescens Le Guillou 1841: 261, synonymised by Melichar 1898a: 261
    Euricania discigutta (Walker), Melichar 1898a: 261
Note: Fletcher (2008) raises doubts about the authenticity of the Australian record of this species [update: 24.iv.2008]
Link to Euricania page		 "North Australia"
Euricania fusconebulosa (Lallemand )
    Ricania fusconebulosa Lallemand 1935: 669
    Euricania fusconebulosa (Lallemand), Fletcher 2008: 114
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[update: 24.iv.2008]
Link to Euricania page

 NT
Euricania pedicellata (Jacobi)
    Ricania pedicellata Jacobi 1928: 16
    Euricania pedicellata (Jacobi), Fletcher 2008: 114
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[Update: 24.iv.2008]
Link to Euricania page

 WA
Paurostauria delicata Kirby [update: added 3.vi.2003]
    Paurostauria delicata Kirby 1900: 133
Link to Paurostauria page		 Christmas Island
Plestia marginata (Montrouzier)
    Ricania marginata Montrouzier 1861: 73
    Plestia marginata (Montrouzier), Melichar 1898: 397
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[update: image added 2.v.2006]
Link to Plestia page

 Fiji, Australia
Pochazia inclyta Walker
    Pochazia inclyta Walker 1870: 163
Note: The Australian record of this species was made by Schmidt (1905: 171). This is the only record of the genus from Australia and must be treated with some doubt until further specimens of the species are collected. P. inclyta is otherwise only found in Indonesia.
Link to Pochazia page		 "Australia"
Indonesia
Ricania aurora Distant
    Ricania aurora Distant 1909: 325
Link to Ricania page		 Qld
Ricania binotata Walker
    Ricania binotata Walker 1870: 149
Link to Ricania page		 Qld, PNG, Borneo,
Japan, Formosa, Timor
Ricania caliginosa Walker  [update: added 4.vii.2003]
    Ricania caliginosa Walker 1870: 144
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Note: This image is of a specimen in ASCU from Cairns Queensland, identified by M.S.K. Ghauri as this species and on which the Australian record of this species is based.
Link to Ricania page

 Qld, Indonesia
Ricania confusa Melichar
    Ricania confusa Melichar 1898: 386
Link to Ricania page		 Qld
Ricania consanguinea Distant
    Ricania consanguinea Distant 1909: 323
    Ricania consanguinea var. Distant 1909: 324
Link to Ricania page		 Qld
Ricania consanguinea var. Distant
    Ricania consanguinea var. Distant 1909: 324
Link to Ricania page		 Qld
Ricania flavifrontalis Kirby [update: added 24.ii.2003]
    Ricania flavifrontalis Kirby 1900: 131
Link to Ricania page		 Christmas Island
Ricania fusca Lallemand
    Ricania fusca Lallemand 1935: 668
Link to Ricania page		 NT
Ricania limbata Lallemand
    Ricania limbata Lallemand 1935: 668
Link to Ricania page		 NT
Ricania malandae Jacobi
    Ricania malandae Jacobi 1928: 15
Link to Ricania page		 Qld
Ricania nigrita Jacobi
    Ricania nigrita Jacobi 1928: 15
Link to Ricania page
Ricania protea Distant
    Ricania protea Distant 1909: 324
Link to Ricania page		 Qld
Ricania protea var. a Distant
    Ricania protea var. a Distant 1909: 325
Link to Ricania page		 Qld
Ricania protea var. b Distant
    Ricania protea var. b Distant 1909: 325
Link to Ricania page		 Qld
Ricanoptera extensa Melichar
    Ricanoptera extensa Melichar 1898: 392
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Note: This image is of a specimen in ASCU from Cairns Queensland, identified by M.S.K. Ghauri as this species and on which the Australian record of this species is based.
Link to Ricanoptera page

 "Australia"
Ricanoptera patricia Melichar
    Ricanoptera patricia Melichar 1898: 257
Link to Ricanoptera page		 Qld
Ricanoptera prominula Schmidt
    Ricanoptera prominula Schmidt 1905a: 180
Link to Ricanoptera page		 Qld
Scolypopa aphrophoroides (Walker)
    Dechitus aphrophoroides Walker 1862: 311
    Scolypopa aphrophoroides (Walker), Melichar 1923: 142
Link to Scolypopa page		 Qld
Scolypopa australis (Walker), the passionvine hopper
    Pochazia australis Walker 1851: 430
    Flatoides australis Walker 1858a: 102, synonymised by Melichar 1898a: 278
    Scolypopa urbana Stål 1859: 325, synonymised by Melichar 1898a: 278
    Scolypopa australis (Walker), Melichar 1898a: 278
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Note: This species is a pest in New Zealand where it builds up into huge populations on passion vines and kiwifruit vines causing heavy deposits of "honeydew". This leads to the growth of sooty moulds which impair the marketability of the fruit.
Link to Scolypopa page

 NSW, Qld, NZ, Fiji
Scolypopa australis cognata Melichar
    Scolypopa australis cognata Melichar 1898: 396
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Note: The pronounced difference in colour and slight differences in male genitalia warrant a reappraisal of this taxon's placement as a subspecies of S. australis. It has only been found on staghorn ferns, Platycerium spp., although S. australis is also found on this host.
Link to Scolypopa page

 NSW
Scolypopa kurandae Kirkaldy
    Scolypopa kurandae Kirkaldy 1906: 450
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Link to Scolypopa page

 Qld
Scolypopa scutata Stål
    Scolypopa scutata Stål 1859: 326		 Australia
Scolypopa stipata (Walker)
    Flatoides stipata Walker 1851: 411
    Scolypopa stipata (Walker), Melichar 1923: 142
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Link to Scolypopa page

 Australia


 


Document 7315, submitted 28 April 2008

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