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Family Nogodinidae - Nogodinid planthoppers and Pebblebugs

Pebblebug
Lipocallia australensis Kirkaldy
(Lipocalliini)

Some nogodinids (such as the Varciini) are delicate lacy-winged insects but the Lipocalliini (the pebblebugs*) have the tegmina opaque and convex. Most nogodinids are forest-dwelling insects, commonly found in moist coastal forests but the pebblebugs are primarily distributed in the more arid parts of the continent. The Lipocalliini seem to be particularly diverse in NW Australia although most of the species are undescribed.

The Family Nogodinidae is regarded by some authors as an anomalous subfamily of the Issidae. The Australian fauna has not been well studied and the number of described species from both Australia and Indonesia is probably much greater than the lists provided here would indicate. No nogodinids have been described from New Zealand.

*The term "pebblebugs" has been applied to the Lipocalliinae by Melinda Moir during her PhD project at Curtin University. This group of planthoppers are spherical and cryptically coloured and, because this term is particularly descriptive of their appearance, it is adopted here.

[update: 11 July 2007]

Species of Nogodinidae known to occur in Australia

Note: This family has been treated by a number of authors as a subfamily of the Issidae but (Emeljanov 1999) recognised it as a Family in its own right. However, many of the species considered to be Nogodinidae: Gaetuliini by Emeljanov (1999) were transfered to the Tropiduchidae by Gnezdilov (2007).

Subfamily Nogodininae
Tribe LIPOCALLIINI - Pebblebugs
Genus Bilbilicallia Jacobi Bilbilicallia Jacobi 1928: 9
Bilbilicallia bifasciata Jacobi Bilbilicallia bifasciata Jacobi 1928: 10	WA
Bilbilicallia laevior Jacobi Bilbilicallia laevior Jacobi 1928: 11	WA
Bilbilicallia livida Jacobi Bilbilicallia livida Jacobi 1928: 10	WA
Bilbilicallia truncatellum (Walker) [update: 16.vii.2004] Hysteropterum truncatellum Walker 1851: 377 Bilbilicallia truncatellum (Walker), Gnezdilov, Drosopoulos. & Wilson 2004: 222	Australia, Norfolk Is. [update: 6.vii.2014]
Genus Lipocallia Kirkaldy Lipocallia Kirkaldy 1906 : 440
Lipocallia australensis Kirkaldy Lipocallia australensis Kirkaldy 1906: 441 [update: image added 29.xii.2005]	NSW
Tribe BILBILIINI
Genus Bilbilis Stål Bilbilis Stål 1861 : 208 Note: This genus was provisionally placed in the tribe Mithymnini by Gnezdilov (2007: 295) on the basis of the structure of the male genitalia which were figured by Fennah (1984). Gnezdilov (2017) transferred the genus to its own tribe the Bilbiliini. [update: 5.xii.2017]
Bilbilis caligula Fennah Bilbilis caligula Fennah 1984: 82	WA
Bilbilis dorsalis (Walker) [update: 30.iv.2004] Hysteropterum dorsale Walker 1851: 375 Bilbillis dorsalis (Walker), Fennah 1984: 83	Australia
Bilbilis elongatus Gnezdilov Bilbilis elongatus Gnezdilov 2017: 13 [update: added 5.xii.2017]	WA
Bilbilis modestus (Stål) Hysteropterum modestum Stål 1859: 279 Bilbilis modesta (Stål), Stål 1861: 208 [update: image added 9.iii.2009]	NSW, "Northern Australia"
Tribe TONGINI
Genus Andrewsiella Izzard Andrewsiella Izzard 1936 : 593
Andrewsiella oceanica Izzard Andrewsiella oceanica Izzard 1936: 594 [update: image added 16.v.2006]	Christmas Island
Genus Cotylana Fennah Cotylana Fennah 1954 : 463
Cotylana acutipennis (Kirkaldy) Lollius acutipennis Kirkaldy 1906: 439 Cotylana acutipennis (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1954: 463 [update 22.i.2002: Image added]	Qld
Cotylana angustifrons (Kirkaldy) Lollius angustifrons Kirkaldy 1906: 439 Cotylana angustifrons (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1954: 463 [update 22.i.2002: Image added]	Qld
Genus Distiana Metcalf Moniana Distant 1909a: 76, preoccupied by Moniana Girard 1856 (Pisces) Distiana Metcalf 1952 : 227, nom. nov. for Moniana Distant 1909.
Distiana andrewsi (Kirby) Issus andrewsi Kirby 1900: 138 Distiana andrewsi (Kirby), Metcalf 1952: 227	Christmas Island
Genus Lollius Stål Lollius Stål 1866a : 209
Lollius australicus Stål Lollius australicus Stål 1870: 763 Lollius furcifer Stål 1870: 762, synonymised by Jacobi 1941: 290 Lollius fuscus Melichar 1906: 195, synonymised by Jacobi 1941: 290	Qld, PNG, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Indonesia
Genus Tylana Stål Tylana Stål 1861 : 208
Tylana lineolata (Walker) Issus lineolatus Walker 1862: 308 Tylana lineolata (Walker), Distant 1909a: 77	Qld
Tongini of doubtful presence in Australia
Genus Hemitonga Schmidt Hemitonga Schmidt 1911a : 217 Note: this genus is probably not present in Australia (see note under H. dyakana below. [update: 20.iv.2011]
Hemitonga dyakana (Kirkaldy) Tylana acutipennis Melichar 1906: 200 (misidentification of Lollius acutipennis Kirkaldy) Tylana dyakana Kirkaldy 1907: 105, nom nov for T. acutipennis Melichar, preoccupied by Lollius acutipennis Kirkaldy 1906: 12 Hemitonga dyakana (Kirkaldy), Fennah 1954: 461 Note: Melichar (1906) misidentified Lollius acutipennis Kirkaldy and therefore included Queensland in the distribution. Kirkaldy (1907) created the new name T. dyakana for the species in Borneo. Fennah (1954), in tentatively transferring Tylana dyakana Kirkaldy to the genus Hemitonga noted that both the type of the genus and H. dyakana were from Borneo. [update: 20.iv.2011]	Qld?, Borneo
Genus Paratonga Schmidt Paratonga Schmidt 1910 : 181 Note: this genus is probably not present in Australia (see note under P. truncaticeps below. [update: 20.iv.2011]
Paratonga truncaticeps Schmidt Paratonga truncaticeps Schmidt 1910: 182 Note: Fennah (1954) recorded this species, which was described from New Guinea, from "Mt Cameron, Tasmania". It is most unlikely that a species from New Guinea also occurs in Tasmania and the locality is presumed to be Mt Cameron Range in the Central Province of PNG. [update: 20.iv.2011]	Tas?, PNG
Tribe VARCIINI Fennah (1978a) recognised two subtribes, the Varciina Fennah, in which he included the genus Varcia Stål, and the Sassulina Fennah, in which he placed the genera Sassula Stål and Paradetya Schmidt.
Genus Paradetya Schmidt Paradetya Schmidt 1919 : 139
Paradetya pallidipennis (Guérin-Méneville) Cixius pallidipennis Guérin-Méneville 1838: 189 Paradetya pallidipennis (Guérin-Méneville), Schmidt 1919: 136	NSW, Qld, PNG, Indonesia
Genus Sassula Stål Miriza (Sassula Stål 1870: 769) Sassula Stål, Melichar 1898: 399, revised status
Sassula subviridis (Kirby) Nogodina subviridis Kirby 1900: 135 Sassula subviridis (Kirby), Distant 1909: 335	Christmas Island
Genus Varcia Stål Miriza (Varcia Stål 1870: 769) Varcia Stål, Melichar 1898: 399, revised status Varcilla Kirkaldy 1906b: 248, unnecessary nom. nov. for Varcia Melichar 1898.
Varcia affinis (Kirby) Ricania affinis Kirby 1889: 554 Varcia affinis (Kirby), Distant 1909: 336 Note: The record of this species from Australia is dubious. It is almost certainly due to Christmas Island, which is in the Indian Ocean and quite remote from Australia, being linked to Australia politically rather than geographically.	Christmas Island, "Australia"
Varcia flavicostalis (Kirby) Ricania flavicostalis Kirby 1889: 554 Varcia flavicostalis (Kirby), Melichar 1898a: 309	Christmas Island

Family Nogodinidae - Nogodinid planthoppers and Pebblebugs

Species of Nogodinidae known to occur in Australia

Subfamily Nogodininae

Tribe LIPOCALLIINI - Pebblebugs

Genus Bilbilicallia Jacobi

Genus Lipocallia Kirkaldy

Tribe BILBILIINI

Genus Bilbilis Stål

Tribe TONGINI

Genus Andrewsiella Izzard

Genus Cotylana Fennah

Genus Distiana Metcalf

Genus Lollius Stål

Genus Tylana Stål

Genus Hemitonga Schmidt

Genus Paratonga Schmidt

Tribe VARCIINI

Genus Paradetya Schmidt

Genus Sassula Stål

Genus Varcia Stål