Species of other families known to occur in New Zealand

Tribe Achilini

Achilus flammeus Kirby

Achilus flammeus Kirby 1818: 475

Tribe Plectoderini

Agandecca annectens White

Agandecca annectens White 1879b: 218

[update: added 5.ii.2001]

Subfamily Cedusinae

Tribe Cedusini

Eocenchrea maorica (Kirkaldy)

Cenchrea maorica Kirkaldy 1909b: 80
Eocenchrea maorica (Kirkaldy), Muir 1913a: 37

[update: added 5.ii.2001]

Subfamily Otiocerinae

Tribe Otiocerini

Deribia coccinea (Guérin-Méneville)

Anotia coccinea Guérin-Méneville 1829: 58
Deribia coccinea (Guérin-Méneville), Westwood 1841a: 13

Note: M.-C. Larivière has raised doubts about the validity of the New Zealand record of this species.

Thanatodictya (Thanatodictya) tillyardi Myers

Thanatodictya tillyardi Myers 1923: 428

Ricanoptera mellerborgi (Stål)

Flata fenestrata Fabricius 1803: 51, preoccupied by Flata fenestrata Fabricius 1775
Ricania mellerborgi Stål 1854: 247
Flatoides discalis Walker 1857: 89, synonymised by Stål 1862a: 489
Ricania fabricii Stål 1869: 104 nom. nov. for Flata fenestrata Fabricius
Ricanoptera mellerborgi (Stål), Melichar 1898: 392

Note: This species was recorded in New Zealand by Riley and Howard (1891: 424) as Ricania discalis, reported as being "exceedingly plentiful around Auckland during the last 8 or 10 years", particularly on cultivated passionfruit. This is almost certainly a misidentification of Scolypopa australis which remains as the only ricaniid recorded in New Zealand. The note does provide a measure of the likely timing of the species' introduction to New Zealand from Australia.

Scolypopa australis (Walker)

Pochazia australis Walker 1851: 430
Flatoides australis Walker 1858a: 102, synonymised by Melichar 1898: 278
Scolypopa urbana Stål 1859: 325, synonymised by Melichar 1898: 278
Scolypopa australis (Walker), Melichar 1898: 278

Note: This species builds up into huge populations on passion vines and kiwifruit vines causing heavy deposits of "honeydew". This leads to the growth of sooty moulds which impair the marketability of the fruit.