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Notes: This American membracid species has been released in NSW and Qld as a biological control agent of the weed lantana. It is the only species of Membracidae in Australia that is not a member of the Subfamily Centrotinae.
Link to Aconophora page.

Note: Day (1999: 644) lists three undescribed species of Acanthucalis from NSW and Qld. The species identity of the NSW specimen in these photographs is not certain but these images illustrate the generic features.
Link to Acanthucalis page.

Note: The species identity of the specimen in these photographs is not certain but these images illustrate the generic features.
Link to Acanthuchus page.

Note: Day and Fletcher (1994: 1249) and Day (1999: 644) credits Stål (1866b: 386) for A. gracilispinus but there is no mention of this species in that publication, the first description being given by Stål (1869) as listed above.
Known hosts: Acacia decurrens (Mimosaceae) (Cookson and New 1980), broom (Fabaceae), Cotoneaster (Rosaceae) (in NZ, Eyles 1971)
Link to Acanthuchus page.

Link to Alocebes page.

Note: Day (1999: 652) lists three undescribed species of Alosextius from Qld and casts doubt on the record of A. carinatus from SA.
Link to Alosextius page.

Note: Day (1999: 654) notes that most authors since Fabricius have misidentified this species which is only found in far North Qld. The distribution of the species given by Day and Fletcher (1994) is based on the misidentifications.
Known hosts: Acacia, tended by the ant Oecophylla (Day 1999).
Link to Anzac page.

Link to Bucktoniella page.

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Link to Bunyella page.

Known hosts: Acacia decurrens (Mimosaceae) Cookson and New 1980)
Link to Cebes page

Known hosts: Acacia falciformis (Mimosaceae) (ASCU label data)
Link to Ceraon page.

Known hosts: Acacia baileyana, A. decurrens, A. pycnantha, A. retinodes (Mimosaceae) (Cookson and New 1980), Eucalyptus dalrympleana (Myrtaceae) (Day 1999)
Link to Ceraon page.

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Link to Crito page.

Link to Dingkana page.

Link to Eufairmairia page.

Note: Day (1999: 671) lists two undescribed species from WA, NT and Qld.
Link to Eufairmairiella page.

Notes: Day (1999: 673) synonymised E. leae Goding (1903: 26) with this species and listed an undescribed species from NSW and ACT.
Link to Eufrenchia page.

Known hosts: Acacia (Mimosaceae) (Day 1999)
Link to Eutryonia page.

Notes: Day (1999: 677) lists two undescribed species of Evansiana from Qld.
Link to Evansiana page.

Note: Day (1999: 681) lists three undescribed species of Goddefroyinella from NSW, Qld and SA. All species are mainly found in arid regions. The species identity of the specimen in these photographs is not certain but these images illustrate the generic features.
Link to Goddefroyinella page.

Link to Lubra page.

Link to Matumuia page.

Link to Neocanthuchus page.

Note: The specimen illustrated here is the female paratype.
Link to Neosextius page.

Known hosts: Acacia pycnantha (Mimosaceae) (Day and Fletcher 1994). Day (1999) gives a wide range of host plants for the genus but does not indicate which species were collected from which hosts.
Link to Pogonella page.

Notes: Day (1999: 699) lists one undescribed species of Pogonotypellus from Ficus (Moraceae) and attended by ants of the genus Oecophylla in NT.
Link to Pogonotypellus page.

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Link to Polonius page.

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Link to Protinotus page.

Link to Rentzia page.

Link to Rigula page.

Notes: Day (1999: 712) lists one undescribed species of Sarantus from Qld and states that there are several species in PNG.
Link to Sarantus page.

Link to Sertorius page.

Known hosts: Acacia decurrens (Goding 1903), Acacia, (18 species) (Cookson and New 1980) (Mimosaceae)
Link to Sextius page.

Known hosts: grasses (Day 1999)
Notes: Day (1999: 720) notes that a second species, smaller and darker than S. montanus is known from mountainous localities in Tas, NSW, ACT and SA.
Link to Strzeleckia page.

Known hosts: Grevillea (Proteaceae), Casuarina (Casuarinaceae) (Evans 1966)
Link to Terentius page.

Link to Undarella page.

Known hosts: Acacia (Day 1999)
Link to Yangupia page.

Document 7259, submitted 28 March 2008
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