Family Eurybrachidae - Eurybrachid planthoppers

Tribe Dardini

Genus Dardus Stål

Dardus Stål 1859: 279

Dardus abbreviatus (Guérin-Méneville)

Eurybrachys abbreviatus Guérin-Méneville 1838: 193
Dardus abbreviatus (Guérin-Méneville), Stål 1859: 280
Eurybrachys laeta White 1845: 433, synonymised by Stål 1862a: 488
Eurybrachys rufiventris Stål 1855: 191, synonymised by Stål 1862a: 488

Dardus albomaculatus Distant

Dardus albomaculatus Distant 1893: 282

Dardus bufo (Walker)

Eurybrachys bufo Walker 1851: 393
Dardus bufo (Walker), Stål 1862a: 488

Dardus erebus Distant

Dardus erebus Distant 1917a: 187

Dardus obscurus Distant

Dardus obscurus Distant 1893: 283
Dardus immaculatus Kirkaldy 1906: 446, synonymised by Distant 1907: 415

Dardus winkelmanni Schmidt

Dardus winkelmanni Schmidt 1908: 246

Genus Gelastopsis Kirkaldy

Gelastopsis Kirkaldy 1906: 447
Elthenus Jacobi 1928: 3, synonymised by Fennah 1964: 160

Gelastopsis insignis Kirkaldy

Gelastopsis insignis Kirkaldy 1906: 448
Yarrana glaucops Schmidt 1908: 245, synonymised by Constant 2005: 59

Known hosts: Acacia linifolia, Acacia cunninghamii, Acacia leiocalyx leiocalyx, Acacia leiocalyx herveyensis, Acacia fimbriata (Fabaceae) (Constant 2005) [update: 1.v.2006]

Gelastopsis modestus (Jacobi)

 Elthenus modestus Jacobi 1928: 4
Gelastopsis modestus (Jacobi), Fennah 1964: 160

[update: images added 24.xi.2004, updated 1.v.2006]
Known hosts: Acacia bivenosa (Fabaceae), Eremophila (Myoporaceae) (Constant 2005) [update: 1.v.2006]

Gelastopsis mulliganensis Constant [update: added 1.v.2006]

Gelastopsis mulliganensis Constant 2005: 64

Tribe Platybrachini

Genus Chewobrachys Constant

Chewobrachys Constant 2008: 43

Chewobrachys limbourgi Constant  [update: added 24.xi.2008]

Chewobrachys limbourgi Constant 2008: 48

[update: image added 9.xi.2010]

Chewobrachys sanguiflua (Walker)

Eurybrachys sanguiflua Walker 1858a: 330
Platybrachys insignis Distant 1893: 282, synonymised by Constant 2008: 46
Platybrachys sanguiflua (Walker), Stål 1862a: 488
Chewobrachys sanguiflua (Walker), Constant 2008: 46

[update: 24.xi.2008]
[update: image added 9.xi.2010]

Genus Euronotobrachys Kirkaldy

Euronotobrachys Kirkaldy 1906: 446
Yarrana Distant 1906b: 206, synonymised by Fennah 1964: 160

Euronotobrachys arcuata Kirkaldy

Euronotobrachys arcuata Kirkaldy 1906: 446

Euronotobrachys continuata (Distant)

Yarrana continuata Distant 1906b: 207
Yarrana continuata var. Distant 1906b: 208
Euronotobrachys continuata (Distant), Fennah 1964: 160

Euronotobrachys plana Kirkaldy

Euronotobrachys plana Kirkaldy 1906: 447

Note: Metcalf (1956) indicates that Jacobi (1928) recorded this species from South Australia but Jacobi (loc.cit.) records it from Derby, Western Australia, and not South Australia. [update: 9.xi.2010]

Euronotobrachys punctipennis (Jacobi)

Yarrana punctipennis Jacobi 1928: 3
Euronotobrachys punctipennis (Jacobi), Fennah 1964: 160

Euronotobrachys sinuata (Distant)

Yarrana sinuata Distant 1906b: 207
Euronotobrachys sinuata (Distant), Fennah 1964: 160

Genus Fletcherobrachys Constant

Fletcherobrachys Constant 2006b: 37

Fletcherobrachys stillata (Bergroth)

Platybrachys stillata Bergroth 1907: 289
Fletcherobrachys stillata (Bergroth), Constant 2006b: 38
Olonia nigroapicata Jacobi 1928: 5, synonymised by Constant 2006b: 38

[update: 5.iii.2007]
Note: In his original description of Olonia nigroapicata, Jacobi (1928) indicated that he had only a single male available. Constant (pers. comm. 2007) has indicated that the only specimen available amongst Jacobi's material is a female. Because of the possibility that there was other material available, Constant (2006b) has designated a lectotype rather than recognising the single female as a holotype by monotypy.

Genus Gedrosia Stål

Gedrosia Stål 1862a: 488

Gedrosia varia (Walker)

Eurybrachys varia Walker 1851: 394
Gedrosia varia (Walker), Stål 1862a: 488

Genus Hackerobrachys Constant

Hackerobrachys Constant 2006b: 32

Hackerobrachys viridiventris (Stål)

Olonia viridiventris Stål 1863: 250
Hackerobrachys viridiventris (Stål), Constant 2006b: 33  

[update: 5.iii.2007]

Genus Kirkaldybrachys Constant

Kirkaldybrachys Constant 2006: 48

Kirkaldybrachys euronotoides Constant [update: added 13.xii.2006]

Kirkaldybrachys euronotoides Constant 2006: 48

[update: image added 14.xii.2006]

Kirkaldybrachys similis Constant   [update: added 13.xii.2006]

Kirkaldybrachys similis Constant 2006: 52
[update: image added 14.xii.2006]

Genus Maeniana Metcalf

Maenia Jacobi 1928: 6, preoccupied by Maenia Dalton 1880 (Mollusca)
Maeniana Metcalf 1952: 228, nom. nov. for Maenia Jacobi

Maeniana apicalis (Walker)

Eurybrachys apicalis Walker 1851: 393
Olonia apicalis (Walker), Stål 1862a: 488
Maeniana apicalis (Walker), Constant 2018: 88

[update: 19.xii.2018]

Maeniana hirsuta (Jacobi)

Maenia hirsuta Jacobi 1928: 6
Maeniana hirsuta (Jacobi), Metcalf 1952: 228

Genus Maon Fennah

Maon Fennah 1964: 161

Maon sinuatus Fennah [update: 19.ix.2000]

Maon sinuatus Fennah 1964: 161

Genus Navorillina Fennah

Navorillina Fennah 1964: 1610

Navorillina bothrops Fennah [update: 19.ix.2000]

Navorillina bothrops Fennah 1964: 161

See the Genus Navorillina page for discussion about the only known locality
[update: image added 10.ix.2002]

Genus Nirus Jacobi

Nirus Jacobi 1928: 7

Nirus corticeus Jacobi

Nirus corticeus Jacobi 1928: 7

[update: image added 22.x.2004]

Genus Olonia Stål

Olonia Stål 1862a: 488

Note: This genus was revised by Constant (2018) who provided a key for the identification of the species for which males were available.

Olonia bourgoini Constant

Olonia bourgoini Constant 2018: 12

[update: added 19.xii.2018]

Olonia danielsi Constant

Olonia danielsi Constant 2018: 17

[update: added 19.xii.2018]

Olonia guillaumei Constant

Olonia guillaumei Constant 2018: 21

[update: added 19.xii.2018]

Olonia hochae Constant

Olonia hochae Constant 2018: 25

[update: added 19.xii.2018]

Olonia marginata Distant

Olonia marginata Distant 1906b: 206

Olonia maura (Fabricius)

Cicada maura Fabricius 1775: 686
Eurymela maura (Fabricius), Signoret 1850: 507
Eurymeloides maura (Fabricius), Distant 1908: 105
Olonia maura (Fabricius), Evans 1933: 89

Note: Signoret's placement of this species into the Eurymelini was based on a misidentified specimen (Constant 2018).

Olonia monteithi Constant

Olonia monteithi Constant 2018: 52

[update: added 19.xii.2018]

Olonia nobilis (Stål)

Lyncilia nobilis Stål 1863: 248
Platybrachys nobilis (Stål), Fennah 1964: 160
Olonia nobilis (Stål), Constant 2018: 57

[update: 19.xii.2018]

Olonia picea Kirkaldy

Olonia picea Kirkaldy 1906: 445

Note: This species was synonymised by Jacobi (1928: 4) with O. transversa but this latter species was regarded as a nomen dubium by Constant (2005: 66) and the synonymy therefore rejected.
[update: image added 6.iv.2007]

Olonia rubicunda (Walker)

Eurybrachys rubicunda Walker 1851: 391
Olonia rubicunda (Walker), Stål 1862a: 488

Olonia rylandae Constant

Olonia rylandae Constant 2018: 72

[update: added 19.xii.2018]

Olonia soulierae Constant

Olonia soulierae Constant 2018: 75

[update: added 19.xii.2018]

Olonia transversa (Walker) nomen dubium

Eurybrachys transversa Walker 1858: 96, nomen dubium Constant 2005: 66
Olonia transversa (Walker), Stål 1862a: 488

Note: Constant (2005) examined a specimen in BMNH which was labelled as the type of this species. He identified this specimen, which is in parts glued to a card, as a male of Gelastopsis insignis Kirkaldy, and not the specimen on which Walker (1858) based his description of E. transversa. The type of E. transversa is therefore missing. The species was erroneously declared a nomen nudum by Constant (2005) when he meant nomen dubium.

Genus Platybrachys Stål

Platybrachys Stål 1859: 280
Lyncilia Stål 1863: 248, synonymised by Fennah 1964: 160

Platybrachys aegrota Stål

Platybrachys aegrota Stål 1863: 250

Platybrachys barbata (Fabricius)

Cicada barbata Fabricius 1775: 684
Platybrachys barbata (Fabricius), Distant 1906b: 206
Eurybrachys rubiginea Walker 1851: 386, synonymised by Distant 1906b: 206
Platybrachys rubiginea (Walker), Stål 1862a: 488

Note: The record of this species from India originated from Gmelin (1789) and is almost certainly erroneous. Metcalf (1956) listed "4 New South Wales. 5 Queensland" but neither of these numbers appear in his bibliographic list for the species. Kirkaldy (1906) synonymised E. rubiginea with E. sicca and noted that specimens from Cairns and Bundaberg appeared to be "var rubiginea", so this has been taken as records of P. barbata from Queensland. Records from NT come from Lallemand (1935: 675)

Platybrachys decemmacula (Walker)

Eurybrachys decemmacula Walker 1851: 389
Platybrachys decemmacula (Walker), Stål 1862a: 488
Eurybrachys decisa Walker 1851: 389, synonymised by Hacker 1924: 39

Platybrachys fenestrata Jacobi

Platybrachys fenestrata Jacobi 1928: 8

Note: Metcalf (1956) listed SA for this species attributing it to Jacobi (1928) but Jacobi only lists Derby and Noonkanbah, both in WA.

Platybrachys lanifera (Stål)

Aphana lanifera Stål 1854: 244
Platybrachys lanifera (Stål), Stål 1859: 280

Platybrachys leucostigma (Walker)

Eurybrachys leucostigma Walker 1851: 388
Platybrachys leucostigma (Walker), Stål 1862a: 488
Platybrachys aerata Distant 1893: 282, synonymised by Hacker 1924: 39

Platybrachys lugubris Stål

Platybrachys lugubris Stål 1863: 250

Platybrachys lurida (Walker)

Eurybrachys lurida Walker 1851: 390
Platybrachys lurida (Walker), Stål 1862a: 488

Note: The origin of Walker's specimen was unknown to him, but is almost certainly Australian because of the distribution of the genus generally. A specimen, identified by Jerome Constant, was photographed on Mt Canobolas, near Orange, NSW in November 2019 providing a more precise locality for the species
[Update and image added: 7.xi.2019]

Platybrachys maculipennis (Le Guillou)

Eurybrachys maculipennis Le Guillou 1841: 260
Platybrachys maculipennis (Le Guillou), Kirkaldy 1906: 444

Note: Hacker (1924) provided some biological notes on this species in SE Queensland where he found it on the trunk of the stringybark, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
The holotype is a female in MNHN, Paris (J. Constant, pers. comm. 2010). The source of Le Guillou's original material is probably Raffles Bay, Northern Territory at 11º16' S 132º24' E. Le Guillou was on the French gunboat Zélée which accompanied the Astrolabe on its circumnavigation voyage of 1837-1840 from France to Antarctica, across the Pacific, through the Solomons Islands to Guam and Indonesia, thence into Torres Strait, where the Zélée visited New Guinea and "North Australia" between 27.iii.1939 and 6.iv.1839. The two ships then travelled to the Philippines and Indonesia again before sailing to Hobart from whence they made another attempt to penetrate Antarctic waters before heading home to France via New Zealand, Torres Strait and Timor. The only landings they made in Australia appear to be Raffles Bay, Northern Territory, and Hobart, Tasmania.
(see http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/voyages/astrolabe/timeline.shtml)

[update: 19.xi.2010]

Platybrachys ornata Lallemand

Olonia ornata Lallemand 1928: 246
Platybrachys ornata (Lallemand), Constant 2018: 90

[update: 19.xii.2018]

Platybrachys sera (Walker)

Eurybrachys sera Walker 1851: 385
Eurybrachys semilimpida Walker 1851: 387, synonymised by Kirkaldy 1906: 444
 Platybrachys sera (Walker), Stål 1862a: 488

Note: Kirkaldy (1906) listed the species from "Queensland?, Port Essington" which may indicate he was unsure of the location of Port Essington which is actually in the Northern Territory. Its presence in Queensland is therefore uncertain.

[update: 19.xi.2010]

Platybrachys sicca (Walker)

Eurybrachys sicca Walker 1851: 384
Eurybrachys semisicca Walker 1851: 387, synonymised by Kirkaldy 1906: 444
Platybrachys sicca (Walker), Stål 1862a: 488
Platybrachys sicca var. longitudinalis Lallemand 1935: 675

Platybrachys signata Distant

Platybrachys signata Distant 1893: 281

Note: Distant (1893) also recognised two colour forms which he labelled "var. a" and "var. b", from Queensland.

Platybrachys vidua Stål

Platybrachys vidua Stål 1863: 249
Platybrachys chlorocephala Kirkaldy 1906: 444, synonymised by Jacobi 1928: 8
Platybrachys oculata Kirkaldy 1906: 443, synonymised by Jacobi 1928: 8

Genus Stalobrachys Constant

Stalobrachys Constant 2018: 80

Stalobrachys alboapicata Jacobi

Olonia alboapicata Jacobi 1928: 5
Stalobrachys alboapicata (Jacobi), Constant 2018: 83