Type species: Membracis genistae Fabricius 1781, by subsequent designation (Metcalf & Wade 1965: 303)

Known species: This is a very widespread genus in the Afrotropical, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions. Gargara australiensis Funkhouser is the only Australian species (based on a single known specimen from NT).

Comments: Only a single specimen, the holotype, of this species is known. Since this species is the only Australian representative of the Tribe Gargarini, it is possible that the specimen from NT is a vagrant from SE Asia (Day 1999). The continued presence of the species in Australia has yet to be confirmed. The extralimital distribution is also unknown.

Document 4801, submitted 07 May 2005
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