Tribe Tropidocephalini

Genus Pseudembolophora Muir

Pseudembolophora Muir 1920: 182

Pseudembolophora macleayi Muir

 Pseudembolophora macleayi Muir 1920: 183

Note: Donaldson (1991) noted that none of the type series could be located in MAMU but two specimens, which may belong to the type series, were found in BMNH. [update: 10.i.2011]

Genus Tropidocephala Stål

Tropidocephala Stål 1853: 266
Conicoda Matsumura 1900: 258, synonymised by Matsumura 1902: 90
Orchesma Melichar 1903: 94, synonymised by Kirkaldy 1907: 141
Ectopiopterygodelphax Kirkaldy 1906: 412, synonymised by Kirkaldy 1907: 141
Smara Distant 1906c: 478, synonymised by Kirkaldy 1907: 141

Tropidocephala dryas Kirkaldy

 Tropidocephala dryas Kirkaldy 1907: 143
 Tropidocephala hamadryas Kirkaldy 1907: 143, synonymised by Donaldson 1991: 327

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Tropidocephala eximia (Kirkaldy)

 Ectopiopterygodelphax eximia Kirkaldy 1906: 412
Tropidocephala eximia (Kirkaldy), Kirkaldy 1907: 142

Note: This species was synonymised with T. brunnipennis Signoret by Matsumura (1907: 59) but this synonymy was not followed by Fennah (1965) or Donaldson (1991). [updates: image added 14.ii.2002; 10.i.2011]

Tropidocephala neoamboinensis Muir

 Tropidocephala neoamboinensis Muir 1913: 246

Note: Muir (1913) included both Amboina (= Ambon Island, Indonesia) and Cairns (N. Qld) as type localities with his original description of this species. Donaldson (1991) referred to a holotype male from Amboina, but no holotype was designated by Muir. It is unknown how many specimens were available to Muir from each locality but Donaldson's (1991) use of the term "holotype" may constitute a lectotype designation by default. Muir (1913) indicated that his description was based on males by including "(♂)" beside the name of the species above the description. Labels attached to BPBM specimens indicating type status have not been validated by publication as explained by Medler (1987). Donaldson (1991) also recorded the species from Torres Strait and coastal localities south of Cairns. [update: 10.i.2011]