Tribe Delphacini

Genus Acrodelphax Fennah

Acrodelphax Fennah 1965: 38

Acrodelphax thimbron Fennah

Acrodelphax thimbron Fennah 1965: 39

Genus Anchodelphax Fennah

Anchodelphax Fennah 1965: 34

Note: this genus was added to the Australian fauna by Bellis et al. (2013) [update: 20.xii.2013]

Anchodelphax olenus Fennah

Anchodelphax olenus Fennah: 1965: 35

[update: added 20.xii.2013]

NSW, SA, WA, New Zealand

(Bellis et al. 2013)

Genus Anectopia Kirkaldy

Anectopia Kirkaldy 1907: 143

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

Genus Aplanodes Fennah

Aplanodes Fennah 1965: 21

Aplanodes australiae (Kirkaldy)

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

Genus Cemus Fennah

Cemus Fennah 1964a: 147

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

Cemus sauteri (Muir)

Phyllodinus sauteri Muir: 1917: 319
Cemus sauteri Muir, Fennah 1964a: 147

[update: added 20.xii.2013]

Qld, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam

(Bellis et al. 2013)

Genus Coronacella Metcalf

Coronacella Metcalf 1950: 59

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

Genus Delphacodes Fieber

Delphacodes Fieber 1866: 532

Note: the species below probably doesn't belong in this genus. The genus was not included in the key to Australian and New Zealand genera provided by Fennah (1965).

Delphacodes muirianus Izzard

Delphacodes muirianus Izzard 1936: 595

Genus Dicranotropis Fieber

Dicranotropis Fieber 1866: 521

Note: the species below probably don't belong in this genus. The genus was not included in the key to Australian and New Zealand genera provided by Fennah (1965).

Dicranotropis aristoxenus Kirkaldy

Dicranotropis aristoxenus Kirkaldy 1907: 134

Dicranotropis fuscifrons (Muir) (doubtful record)

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

Note: Bellis et al. (2014) excluded this species from the Australian fauna believing Jacobi's (1928) records of the species from Queensland were based on misidentified specimens of Phacalastor pseudomaidis Kirkaldy.

Genus Distantinus Bellis & Donaldson

Matutinus Distant 1917: 278, preoccupied by Matutinus Macleay, 1838 (Crustacea)
Distantinus Bellis & Donaldson 2015: 11, nom. nov. for Matutinus Distant

[Update: 23.xii.2015]

Distantinus melichari (Kirkaldy)

Liburnia fumipennis Melichar 1903: 97, preoccupied by Liburnia fumipennis Fieber
Delphacodes melichari Kirkaldy 1906a: 156, nom. nov. for Liburnia fumipennis Melichar
Hadeodelphax persephone Kirkaldy 1907: 141, syn. by Fennah 1971: 573
Sardia persephone (Kirkaldy), Kirkaldy 1907b: 302
Sardia pronotalis Distant 1916: 141, syn. by Fennah 1965: 45
Matutinus melichari (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1972: 430
Distantinus melichari (Kirkaldy), Bellis & Donaldson 2015: 12

[Update: 23.xii.2015]

Genus Embolophora Stål

Embolophora Stål 1855: 92
Liburnia Stål 1866a: 179 (Officially rejected ICZN 2010)

Note: the species below probably doesn't belong in this genus. The genus was not included in the key to Australian and New Zealand genera provided by Fennah (1965).

Embolophora astyanax (Kirkaldy)

Delphax astyanax Kirkaldy 1907: 161
Liburnia astyanax (Kirkaldy), Metcalf 1943: 351
Embolophora astyanax (Kirkaldy), by implication of ICZN 2010

Genus Eumetopina Breddin

Eumetopina Breddin 1896: 109

Eumetopina flavipes Muir, the island sugarcane planthopper

Eumetopina flavipes Muir 1913: 248

Note: This species is the vector of Ramu stunt, a virus disease of sugarcane in PNG. Despite occurrence of the island sugarcane planthopper on several Torres Strait islands and the tip of Cape York Peninsula (Gough & Petersen 1984), no evidence of Ramu stunt has been found south of the PNG mainland (Anderson et al. 2009)

[update: added 10.xii.2010]

Genus Falcotoya Fennah

Falcotoya Fennah 1969: 39

Note: this genus was added to the Australian fauna by Bellis et al. (2013) [update: 20.xii.2013]

Falcotoya aurinia Fennah

Falcotoya aurinia Fennah 1969: 40

[update: added 20.xii.2013]

NT, Qld, WA, Timor Leste, New Caledonia

(Bellis et al. 2013)

Genus Gelastodelphax Kirkaldy

Gelastodelphax Kirkaldy 1906: 411

Gelastodelphax histrionicus Kirkaldy

Gelastodelphax histrionicus Kirkaldy 1906: 411
Eumetopina histrionica (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965: 54
Gelastocephalus histrionicus Kirkaldy; Bellis and Donaldson 2015: 2

[Update: 23.xii.2015]

Genus Hagamiodes Fennah

Hagamiodes Fennah 1975a: 90

Note: this genus was added to the Australian fauna by Bellis et al. (2013) [update: 20.xii.2013]

Hagamiodes fuscicaudata (Muir)

Dicranotropis fuscicaudata Muir 1917: 318
Hagamiodes fuscicaudata (Muir), Fennah 1975a: 90

[update: added 20.xii.2013]

Qld, PNG, Philippines

(Bellis et al. 2013)

Genus Haplodelphax Kirkaldy

Haplodelphax Kirkaldy 1907: 145

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

Genus Harmalia Fennah

Harmalia Fennah 1969: 37

Harmalia ostorius (Kirkaldy)

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

Genus Horcoma Fennah

Horcoma Fennah, 1969: 36

Note: this genus was added to the Australian fauna by Bellis et al. (2013) [update: 20.xii.2013]

Horcoma colorata lacteipennis (Muir)

Delphacodes lacteipennis Muir 1917: 337
Horcoma colorata lacteipennis (Muir), Fennah 1975a: 113

[update: added 20.xii.2013]

NT, Qld, Timor Leste, Indonesia, Fiji, Taiwan, Micronesia,
Palau

(Bellis et al. 2013)

Genus Latistria Huang & Ding

Latistria Huang & Ding, in Huang, Ding, Tian & Kuoh 1980: 166

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

Latistria placitus (Van Duzee)

Sogata placitus Van Duzee 1937: 120
Chloriona (Sogatella) euterpe Fennah 1956: 118, synonymised by Fennah 1969: 34 (Note: not p. 21 as given by Asche & Wilson 1990: 37)
Latistria placitus (Van Duzee), Asche & Wilson 1990: 37

[update: added 20.xii.2013]

NSW, NT, Qld, Timor Leste, Taiwan, Micronesia, Polynesia

(Bellis et al. 2013)

Genus Megamelus Fieber

Megamelus Fieber 1866: 519

Megamelus leimonias (Kirkaldy)

Delphax leimonias Kirkaldy 1907: 159
Megamelus leimonias (Kirkaldy), Muir 1917: 328

[update: 10.1.2011]

Genus Metadelphax Wagner

Metadelphax Wagner 1963

Metadelphax propinqua (Fieber)

Delphax propinqua Fieber 1866: 525
Delphax hamulata Kirschbaum 1868: 38, synonymised by Fieber 1872: 5
Liburnia marshalli Scott 1873: 104, synonymised by Webb & Wilson 1986: 286
Liburnia terminalis Van Duzee 1907: 49, synonymised by Muir & Giffard 1924: 31
Delphax cataniae Matsumura 1910: 35: synonymised by Nast 1975: 4
Delphax graminicola Matsumura 1910a: 17: synonymy by Yang 1989: 4.
Liburnia tuckeri Van Duzee 1912: 506, synonymised by Muir & Giffard 1924: 31
Delphacodes neopropinqua Muir 1917: 335, synonymised by Muir & Giffard 1924: 31
Delphacodes subfusca Muir 1919a: 38, synonymised by Muir & Giffard 1924: 31
Delphacodes shirozui Ishihara 1949: 53: synonymy by Fennah 1956: 122.
Toya propinqua (Fieber), Fennah 1965: 56
Metadelphax propinqua (Fieber), Ding 2006: 511.

[update: 10.1.2011, 6.v.2011]

Genus Nemetor Fennah

Nemetor Fennah 1969: 42

Note: this genus was added to the Australian fauna by Bellis et al. (2013) [update: 20.xii.2013]

Nemetor sabinus Fennah

Nemetor sabinus Fennah 1969: 42

[Update: added 20.xii.2013]

NT, Qld, WA, New
Caledonia

(Bellis et al. 2013)

Genus Nilaparvata Distant

Nilaparvata Distant 1906c: 473
Kalpa Distant 1906c: 474, synonymised by Muir in Muir and Giffard 1924: 16

Nilaparvata albotristriata (Kirkaldy)

Delphax albotristriatus Kirkaldy 1907: 154
Delphax thyestes Kirkaldy 1907: 152, synonymised by Bellis and Donaldson 2015: 5
Nilaparvata albotristriata (Kirkaldy), Okada 1977: 3

[Update: added 23.xii.2015]

Nilaparvata bakeri (Muir)

Delphacodes bakeri Muir 1917: 336
Nilaparvata bakeri (Muir), Muir 1923d: 158.

[Update: added 20.xii.2013]

NT, Qld, Taiwan, China, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Japan,
Sri Lanka

(Bellis et al. 2013)

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 Okada 1977: 3
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 Okada 1977: 3

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]

Nilaparvata myersi Muir

Nilaparvata myersi Muir 1923b: 258

[Update: added 20.xii.2013]

Tas, NZ

(Bellis et al. 2013)

Genus Numata Matsumura

Numata Matsumura 1935:139

Note: this genus was added to the Australian fauna by Bellis et al. (2013) [update: 20.xii.2013]

Numata corporaali (Muir )

Dicranotropis corporaali Muir 1923c: 173
Numata corporaali (Muir), Fennah 1978: 222

[Update: added 20.xii.2013]

NSW, Qld, Indonesia
(Sumatra), Vietnam, Taiwan

(Bellis et al. 2013)

Genus Nycheuma Fennah

Nycheuma Fennah 1964a: 145

Nycheuma anderida (Kirkaldy)

Dicranotropis anderida Kirkaldy 1907: 133
Delphacodes anderida (Kirkaldy), Muir 1917: 335
Delphacodes cognata Muir 1917: 317, synonymised by Bellis & Donaldson 2015: 4
Thymalops anderida (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965: 20
Queenslandicesa anderida (Kirkaldy), Koçak & Kemal 2010: 128
Nycheuma anderida (Kirkaldy), Bellis & Donaldson 2015: 4

Note: This species was originally described from Queensland and Fiji from female specimens only. Muir (1917) identified male specimens from China, the Philippines and Indonesia as this species and transferred the species first to Delphacodes and later (Muir 1919) to Nilaparvata, as a synonym of Liburnia sordescens (Motschulsky) (=Nilaparvata lugens). Fennah (1965) rejected this placement and synonymy and added Taiwan to the distribution. However, Bellis & Donaldson (2015) have pointed out that Fennah (1965) and Koçak & Kemal ( 2010) misidentified the species and consequently it was transferred to Nycheuma which also required a new name for the species in Queenslandesica.

[update: 6.v.2010; 23.xii.2015]

Nycheuma nilotica Linnavuori

Nycheuma nilotica Linnavuori 1973: 105
Nycheuma coctum Yang 1989: 98, synonymised by Hou & Chen 2014: 54

[Update: added 20.xii.2013]

NT, Qld, WA, Timor Leste, Taiwan.

(Bellis et al. 2013)

Genus Opiconsiva Distant

Opiconsiva Distant 1917: 301
Corbulo Fennah 1965: 48, synonymised by Asche 1988: 198

Note: the synonymy of Corbulo was effected by transfer of its type species Delphax dilpa Kirkaldy into Opiconsiva.

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 1965: 49
Opiconsiva dodona (Fennah), Fennah 1975a: 112

Note: Muir (1917) regarded this species as part of Kirkaldy's (1910: 579) Kelisia paludum which is widespread in the Pacific but Fennah (1965) considered them to be separate. [update: 12.vi.2003]

Genus Peliades Jacobi

Platybrachys Bierman 1910, preoccupied by Platybrachys Stål 1859 (Eurybrachidae)
Peliades Jacobi 1928: 43, nom. nov. for Platybrachys Bierman.

Peliades platypus (Bierman)

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

Genus Peregrinus Kirkaldy

Peregrinus Kirkaldy 1904: 176

Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead), the maize planthopper

Delphax maidis Ashmead 1890: 323
Delphax psylloides Lethierry 1896: 105, synonymised by Kirkaldy 1907a: 125
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]

Metcalf (1943) dated the description of Delphax psylloides by Lethierry as 1894 but the description was actually published in 1896. Lethierry (1896) provided the following notes on the occurrence of the species in Sri Lanka: "The species was forwarded from Ceylon by Mr E.E. Green, and the following particulars are taken from the interesting notes he has furnished regarding it. The insect is to be found in its various stages of growth swarming within the clasping sheaths of the leaves of the Indian corn plant (Zea mays). In wet weather it is accompanied by a sooty fungus which has not been noticed at other times. It is also attended by ants. The eggs are buried in the tissues of the plant on the inside of the sheathing leaves, the orifice being concealed by a deposit of white woolly secretion. The effect upon the plants depends upon the period at which they are attacked. If attacked when young, they are stunted and weakened. Older, well established plants do not suffer so much." [update: 20.12.2010]

Genus Perkinsiella Kirkaldy

Perkinsiella Kirkaldy 1903a: 179

Perkinsiella bakeri Muir

Perkinsiella bakeri Muir 1916: 379

[Update: added 20.xii.2013]

NT, WA, Vietnam, Taiwan Philippines, Palau

(Bellis et al. 2013)

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 the Pacific island of Guam, 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]

Genus Phacalastor Kirkaldy

Phacalastor Kirkaldy 1906: 408

Phacalastor pseudomaidis Kirkaldy

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

Genus Proterosydne Kirkaldy

Proterosydne Kirkaldy 1907: 130

Proterosydne arborea Kirkaldy

Proterosydne arborea Kirkaldy 1907: 131

Genus Queenslandicesa Koçak & Kemal

Thymalops Fennah 1965: 20, preoccupied by Thymalops Iablokoff Khnzorian 1962 (Coleoptera)
Queenslandicesa Koçak & Kemal 2010: 128, nom nov for Thymalops Fennah.

[update: 6.v.2010]

Queenslandesica fennahi Bellis & Donaldson

Queenslandesica fennahi Bellis and Donaldson 2015: 4 [urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:79DB27E3 -777C-4E94-B6A4-1B8E34AAC30D]

[Update: added 23.xii.2015]

Qld, Taiwan.

(Bellis et al. 2015)

Genus Rhombotoya Fennah

Rhombotoya Fennah 1975a:124

Note: this genus was added to the Australian fauna by Bellis et al. (2013) [update: 20.xii.2013]

Rhombotoya pseudonigripennis (Muir)

Delphacodes nigripennis Muir 1917: 338, preoccupied by Delphacodes erectus nigripennis (Crawford 1914)
Delphacodes pseudonigripennis Muir 1918b: 427, nom nov for Delphacodes nigripennis Muir 1917.
Rhombotoya pseudonigripennis (Muir), Fennah 1975a: 124

[update: added 20.xii.2013]

Qld, PNG, Sri Lanka, Taiwan

(Bellis et al. 2013)

Genus Sardia Melichar

Sardia Melichar 1903: 96
Hadeodelphax Kirkaldy 1906: 410, synonymised by Bellis and Donaldson 2015: 6

[Update: 23.xii.2015]

Sardia rostrata Melichar

Sardia rostrata Melichar 1903: 96
Hadeodelphax pluto Kirkaldy 1906: 410, synonymised by Bellis and Donaldson 2015: 7
Hadeodelphax pluto pallidior Kirkaldy 1907: 140, synonymised by Bellis and Donaldson 2015: 7
Sardia rostrata pluto (Kirkaldy); Fennah 1965: 44
Hadeodelphax pluto (Kirkaldy); Yang 1989: 284
Hadeodelphax pluto Kirkaldy; Bellis et al. 2014: 3
Sardia rostrata Melichar; Bellis and Donaldson 2015: 7

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 were not defined. Kirkaldy (1907: 140) described a variety of H. pluto (var. pallidior) from Queensland and Fiji but there appears to be no subsequent reference to this form. Bellis et al. (2014) listed the species under Kirkaldy's original combination pending further study. Bellis and Donaldson ( 2015) resurrected the synonymies of Hadeodelphax and H. pluto with Sardia and S. rostrata, respectively, after determining that Yang (1989) had misidentified the species.

Fennah (1965) recorded the species from "Northern Territory, Glen Ormiston". This appears to be Glenormiston Station which is in western Queensland.

[Last update: 23.xii.2015]

Genus Smicrotatodelphax Kirkaldy

Smicrotatodelphax Kirkaldy 1906: 411

Smicrotatodelphax perkinsi Kirkaldy

Smicrotatodelphax perkinsi Kirkaldy 1906: 412

Genus Sogatella Fennah

Chloriona (Sogatella Fennah 1956a: 96)
Sogatella Fennah, Fennah 1963: 48

Sogatella furcifera (Horváth), the white backed planthopper

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
Sogata kyusyuensis Matsumura and Ishihara 1945: 65, synonymised by Asche and Wilson 1990: 9
Chloriona (Sogatella) furcifera (Horváth), Fennah 1956a: 472
Sogata tandojamensis Qadri & Mirza 1960: 115, nomen nudum, synonymised by Asche and Wilson 1990: 9
Sogatella furcifera (Horváth), Fennah 1963: 48 

Note: This species is reported to damage rice by direct feeding and is not recorded as a vector of any disease (Wilson & Claridge 1991). The species was recorded from "Queensland" and NT by Asche & Wilson (1990) although the Queensland record was credited to Fennah (1965) who only recorded the species from Humpty Doo, NT. [update: 30.xii.2010]

Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy)

Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy 1907: 157
 Opiconsiva insularis Distant 191: 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 (Teakle, et al 1989 ) and Digitaria striate virus (Greber 1979) in Australia. The presence of S. kolophon in NT needs to be confirmed. [update: 6.iv.2000, 30.xii.2010]

Sogatella vibix (Haupt)

Liburnia vibix Haupt 1927: 13
Sogatella vibix (Haupt), Fennah 1963: 51
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 AFD website. The species is the vector of maize rough dwarf virus overseas (Wilson & Claridge 1991). The record from NSW is based on a record in VAIC from Gol Gol. [update: 31.xii.2010]

Genus Sogatellana Kuoh

Sogatellana Kuoh in Huang et al. 1980: 169

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

Genus Stenocranus Fieber

Stenocranus Fieber 1866: 519

Note: the species below may not belong in this genus although it was included by Fennah (1965) in his key to Australian genera. Asche (1985) referred the genus Stenocranus to a new subfamily Stenocraninae. This was based on characters of male and female genitalia.

Stenocranus agamopsyche Kirkaldy

Stenocranus agamopsyche Kirkaldy 1906: 409

Genus Stobaera Stål

Stobaera Stål 1859a: 327
Goniolcium Fowler 1905: 132

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 apparently established (McFadyen 1992)

Genus Syndelphax Fennah

Syndelphax Fennah 1963b: 15

Syndelphax euonymus Fennah

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

Syndelphax disonymos (Kirkaldy)

Delphax disonymos Kirkaldy 1907: 156
Delphax matanitu Kirkaldy 1907: 155, synonymised by Fennah 1975a: 109
Delphax hyas Kirkaldy 1907: 156, synonymised by Bellis & Donaldson 2015: 10
Syndelphax matanitu (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1963b: 16
Syndelphax disonymos (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1975a: 109

Note: In creating the genus, Fennah (1963b) selected Kirkaldy's D. matanitu as the type species. However, he later (Fennah 1975a) gave priority to Kirkaldy's D. disonymos when he synonymised Kirkaldy's two names, despite the status he had given to matanitu and the fact that it appears first in Kirkaldy (1907). Under the First Reviser principle (ICZN Art. 24) Fennah's action gives disonymos priority over matanitu. [update: 10.i.2011]

Genus Tagosodes Asche & Wilson

Tagosodes Asche & Wilson 1990: 32

Note: this genus was added to the Australian fauna by Bellis et al. (2013) [update: 20.xii.2013]

Tagosodes pusanus (Distant)

Sogata pusana Distant 1912: 191
Kelisia fieberi Muir 1917: 31, synonymised by Fennah 1971: 574
Unkana formosella Matsumura 1935a: 72, synonymised by Fennah 1971: 574
Sogata striatus Qadri and Mirza 1960: 117, nomen nudum, synonymised by Asche & Wilson 1990: 36
Himeunka chibana Tian & Kuoh, in Kuoh, Ding & Tian 1981: 193, synonymised by Asche & Wilson 1990: 36
Sogatodes assimilis Yang 1989: 178, synonymised by Asche & Wilson 1990: 36
Tagosodes pusanus (Distant), Asche & Wilson, 1990: 35

[update: added 20.xii.2013]

NT, Qld, Vic, WA, Timor Leste, Taiwan, Philippines, China,India, Pakistan

(Bellis et al. 2013)

Genus Tarophagus Zimmerman

Tarophagus Zimmerman 1948: 245

Note: This genus was reviewed by Asche & Wilson 1989 who determined that only one species of the genus, T. persephone, occurred in Australia. T. colocasiae was added to the Australian fauna by Matthews (2003). The species of Tarophagus are associated with taro, Colocasia esculenta (Araceae), an important food crop across much of the Pacific region. [update: 10.1.2011]

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)

Note: This species was recorded from N. Queensland by Matthews (2003).

Tarophagus persephone (Kirkaldy), the taro planthopper

Megamelus persephone Kirkaldy 1907: 148
Megamelus proserpinoides Muir 1917: 327, synonymised by Asche & Wilson 1989: 290
Tarophagus persephone (Kirkaldy), Zimmerman 1948: 245
Tarophagus proserpina australis Fennah 1965: 37, synonymised by Asche & Wilson 1989: 290

Known host: taro (Colocasia esculenta , Araceae)

Note: The common name "taro planthopper" is applied to any one of three species of the genus which tend to be allopatric except in small parts of their range. All three species overlap in New Guinea (Asche & Wilson 1989)

Genus Temenites Fennah

Temenites Fennah 1965: 15

Temenites ancon Fennah

Temenites ancon Fennah 1965: 16

Genus Terthron Fennah

Terthron Fennah 1965: 55

Terthron anemonias (Kirkaldy)

Delphax anemonias Kirkaldy 1907: 159
Delphax pylaon Kirkaldy 1907: 160, synonymised by Bellis & Donaldson 2015: 11
Terthron anemonias (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1965: 56

Genus Thrasymemnon Fennah

Thrasymemnon Fennah 1965: 43

Thrasymemnon kaha (Kirkaldy)

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

Genus Toya Distant

Toya Distant 1906c: 472

Toya bridwelli (Muir)

Delphacodes bridwelli Muir 1920a: 140
Toya bridwelli (Muir), Linnavuori 1973: 107
Metadelphax bridwelli (Muir), Ding 2006: 511
Toya bridwelli (Muir), Gonzon & Bartlett 2007: 233

[update: added 20.xii.2013]

NSW, NT, Qld, WA, Taiwan, Africa

(Bellis et al. 2013)

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

Genus Ulanar Fennah

Ulanar Fennah 1975a: 127

Ulanar algebra (Kirkaldy)

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