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Family Tropiduchidae

Kallitambinia australis Muir

Australia has some delightful tropiduchids, Tambinia venusta and Kallitambinia australis being typical. Fletcher (1981) described the morphology of K. australis and Fletcher (1979a) gave details of the life history of the same species. The tribe Trypetimorphini is represented in Australia by two species of Trypetimorpha. Gnezdilov (2007) transfered the Gaetuliini from Nogodinidae to Tropiduchidae which brought most of the lacy winged forms into the one family. Included in the Gaetuliini are two species of Alleloplasis which have the tegmina elongate and extremely narrow, although still with clear cells between the veins. Most tropiduchids are forest dwelling species although Kallitambina australis Muir is associated with mangroves and Alleloplasis spp are found in arid areas of western and southern Australia. [update: 5.viii.2007]

The Indonesian tropiduchid fauna consists primarily of Tribe Tropiduchini. [update: 2.iv.2003]

Species of Tropiduchidae known to occur in Australia

The representation of this family in Australia was recently expanded by the transfer of most of the Gaetuliini from the Nogodinidae by Gnezdilov (2007)

Tribe GAETULIINI Fennah
Genus Alleloplasis Waterhouse Alleloplasis Waterhouse 1839: 194
Alleloplasis darwinii Waterhouse Alleloplasis darwinii Waterhouse 1839: 194	WA
Alleloplasis vespula Fennah Alleloplasis vespula Fennah 1949: 597	WA
Alleloplasis spp. At least three additional species are known from western NSW, Vic, SA and WA [update: 10.v.2011]	WA, NSW, Vic, SA.
Genus Busas Jacobi Busas Jacobi 1909: 343 Note: This genus was transferred to the Gaetuliini by Fletcher (2008: 119) on the basis of illustrations provided by Jacobi (1909). It may be a synonym of Paralasonia Muir.
Busas dissolutus Jacobi Busas dissolutus Jacobi 1909: 344 [update: image added 9.ii.2010]	WA
Genus Gaetulia Stål Gaetulia Stål 1864: 54
Gaetulia chrysopoides (Walker) Ricania chrysopoides Walker 1862: 312 Nurunderia chrysopoides (Walker), Distant 1909: 337 Gaetulia chrysopoides (Walker), Muir 1924: 34	Qld, NSW
Gaetulia hackeri Muir Gaetulia hackeri Muir 1924: 33	Qld
Gaetulia koebelei Muir Gaetulia koebelei Muir 1924: 34 [update: image added 16.i.2009]	NSW
Genus Paralasonia Muir Paralasonia Muir 1924: 35
Paralasonia australis Muir Paralasonia australis Muir 1924: 35	Qld, NSW [update: NSW added 8.ii.2010]
Genus Salona Stål Salona Stål 1866a: 220
Salona oceanica (Kirkaldy) Ricania hyalina Kirby 1889: 555, preoccupied by Cicada hyalina Fabricius 1781. Nogodina oceanica Kirkaldy 1909c: 392, nom. nov. for Ricania hyalina Kirby Salona oceanica (Kirkaldy), Melichar 1923: 173e	Christmas Island
Salona panorpaepennis (Guérin-Méneville) Cixius panorpaepennis Guérin-Méneville 1838: 190 Salona panorpaepennis (Guérin-Méneville), Stål 1866: 393	NSW, Tas
Species of Gaetuliini of doubtful presence in Australia
Genus Pucina Stål Pucina Stål 1866a: 221 Note: This genus is unknown to the author of these pages and has been omitted from the key to genera. Its presence in Australia has not been confirmed but originated from a reference to New South Wales by Guérin-Méneville (1838). [update: 9.v.2011]
Pucina pellucida (Guérin-Méneville) Cixius pellucidus Guérin-Méneville 1829: 58 Pucina pellucida (Guérin-Méneville), Stål 1866: 393 Note: as indicated above, the Australian record of this species, originally described from "Bengal", is doubtful and needs to be confirmed.	NSW?, India, Indonesia
Tribe TAMBINIINI Kirkaldy
Genus Kallitambinia Muir Kallitambinia Muir 1931: 74
Kallitambinia australis Muir Kallitambinia australis Muir 1931: 74 Known host: Aegiceras corniculatum (Myrsinaceae)	Qld, NSW
Genus Kallitaxila Kirkaldy Taxila Stål 1870: 750, preoccupied by Taxila Doubleday 1847 (Lepidoptera) Kallitaxila Kirkaldy 1901: 6, nom. nov. for Taxila Stål Taxilana Melichar 1914: 90, unnecessary nom. nov. for Taxila Stål
Kallitaxila granulata (Stål) [update: added 18.x.2001] Taxila granulata Stål 1870: 750 Kallitaxila granulata (Stål), Kirkaldy 1901: 6	Christmas Island
Genus Tambinia Stål Tambinia Stål 1859a: 316 Ossa de Motschulsky 1863: 106, synonymised by Melichar 1914: 83
Tambinia sexmaculata Wang & Liang Tambinia sexmaculata Wang & Liang 2011: 27 [Update: added 15.xi.2011]	Qld
Tambinia venusta (Kirkaldy) Ossa venusta Kirkaldy 1906: 414 Ossa formosa Kirkaldy 1906: 414, synonymised by Jacobi 1928: 24 Tambinia venusta (Kirkaldy), Muir 1913: 255 Tambinia stupida Melichar 1914: 84, synonymised by Jacobi 1928: 24	Qld, PNG
Tribe TRYPETIMORPHINI Fieber
Genus Trypetimorpha Costa Trypetimorpha Costa 1862: 60 Trichoduchus Bierman 1910: 28, synonymised by Asche & Wilson 1989a: 128
Trypetimorpha aschei Huang & Bourgoin [update: added 17.viii.2001] Trypetimorpha aschei Huang & Bourgoin 1993: 615 Note: This species was described from New Guinea in both a macropterous and semi-brachypterous forms. A single male macropter (in ASCU), which appears to be this species, has been collected near Katherine, NT.	NT, PNG
Trypetimorpha wilsoni Huang & Bourgoin [update: added 17.viii.2001] Trypetimorpha wilsoni Huang & Bourgoin 1993: 626 [Update: image updated 20.iv.2000] Note: T. biermani Dammerman, recorded from Australia by Lallemand & Synave (1953) has been shown, by Huang & Bourgoin (1993) to be restricted to the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Macao, Malaysia and India. [update: 17.viii.2001]	Qld, NSW
Tribe TROPIDUCHINI Melichar
Genus Ficarasa Walker Ficarasa Walker 1857: 162
Ficarasa pallida Walker Ficarasa pallida Walker 1857: 162	NT, Malaysia (Sarawak)
Genus Oligaethus Jacobi Oligaethus Jacobi 1928 : 23
Oligaethus rostratus Jacobi Oligaethus rostratus Jacobi 1928: 24 Note: In the key to genera provided by Fennah (1956), this species keys to the genus Montrouzierana Signoret, a monotypic genus from New Caledonia and Lifu Island. It is possible that the two genera are synonyms but reference to reliably identifed material of Montrouzierana oxycephala Montrouzier and the type of O. rostratus will be necessary to confirm this.	WA, NT
Genus Peltodictya Kirkaldy Rhinodictya Kirkaldy 1906 : 414
Peltodictya kurandae Kirkaldy Peltodictya kurandae Kirkaldy 1906: 415 Ficarasa australasiae Distant 1907a: 287, synonymised by Distant 1907: 416	Qld
Genus Rhinodictya Kirkaldy Rhinodictya Kirkaldy 1906 : 416
Rhinodictya quaesitrix Kirkaldy Rhinodictya quaesitrix Kirkaldy 1906: 417	Qld
Species of Tropiduchini of doubtful presence in Australia
Genus Thaumantia Melichar Thaumantia Melichar 1914 : 27 Note: The Australian record of this genus comes from a comment in Muir (1927) where he refers to "the Australian Ficarasa straminea" which had been described by Distant (1907a) but Distant described the species from Malaysia and Indonesia. All the species of the genus are from these regions and not Australia. [update: 13.v.2011]
Thaumantia straminea (Distant) Ficarasa straminea Distant 1907a: 287 Thaumantia straminea (Distant), Fennah 1949a: 166	Malaysia, Indonesia (Maluku), Australia?

Family Tropiduchidae

Species of Tropiduchidae known to occur in Australia

Tribe GAETULIINI Fennah

Genus Alleloplasis Waterhouse

Genus Busas Jacobi

Genus Gaetulia Stål

Genus Paralasonia Muir

Genus Salona Stål

Genus Pucina Stål

Tribe TAMBINIINI Kirkaldy

Genus Kallitambinia Muir

Genus Kallitaxila Kirkaldy

Genus Tambinia Stål

Tribe TRYPETIMORPHINI Fieber

Genus Trypetimorpha Costa

Tribe TROPIDUCHINI Melichar

Genus Ficarasa Walker

Genus Oligaethus Jacobi

Genus Peltodictya Kirkaldy

Genus Rhinodictya Kirkaldy

Genus Thaumantia Melichar