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Family Issidae - Issid planthoppers

Phaeopteryx sidnicus (Kirkaldy)

The Family Issidae contains small brown planthoppers with tegmina longer than wide and pronounced venation. The most common species in eastern Australia is Phaeopteryx sidnicus (Kirkaldy), shown here, which has distinctive banding on the tegmina. Little taxonomic study has been undertaken on the Australian fauna which contains many undescribed species particularly in the arid regions of Australia. Emeljanov (1999) transfered the subfamilies Nogodininae, Caliscelinae, Tonginae and Trienopinae out of the Issidae, the first two as families in their own right and the latter two as subfamilies of the Acanaloniidae. Gnezdilov (2007) moved the Tonginae and Trienopinae to the Tropiduchidae.

[last update: 11 July 2007]

Species of Issidae known to occur in Australia

Subfamily Issinae

Tribe HYSTEROPTERINI
Genus Orinda Kirkaldy Orinda Kirkaldy 1907: 104
Orinda bimaculifrons Jacobi Orinda bimaculifrons Jacobi 1928: 9	Qld
Orinda lucindae (Kirkaldy) Sarnus lucindae Kirkaldy 1906: 440 Orinda lucindae (Kirkaldy), Kirkaldy 1907: 104 [update: image added 30.xii.2005]	Qld
Tribe THIONIINI
Genus Apsadaropteryx Kirkaldy Apsadaropteryx Kirkaldy 1907: 103
Apsadaropteryx elongatulus (Kirkaldy) Issus elongatulus Kirkaldy 1906: 438 Apsadaropteryx elongatulus (Kirkaldy), Kirkaldy 1907: 104 [update 22.i.2002: images added]	Qld
Genus Chlamydopteryx Kirkaldy Chlamydopteryx Kirkaldy 1907: 103
Chlamydopteryx eurobium Kirkaldy Chlamydopteryx eurobium Kirkaldy 1907: 103 [update 22.i.2002: image added]	Qld
Chlamydopteryx ridicularis (Kirkaldy) Issus ridicularis Kirkaldy 1906: 438 Chlamydopteryx ridicularis (Kirkaldy), Kirkaldy 1907: 103	Qld
Chlamydopteryx vulturnus (Kirkaldy) Issus vulturnus Kirkaldy 1906: 437 Chlamydopteryx vulturnus (Kirkaldy), Kirkaldy 1907: 103 [update 22.i.2002: image added]	Qld, Indonesia (Java)
Genus Phaeopteryx Kirkaldy Phaeopteryx Kirkaldy 1907: 104
Phaeopteryx sidnicus (Kirkaldy) Issus sidnicus Kirkaldy 1906: 437 Phaeopteryx sidnicus (Kirkaldy), Kirkaldy 1907: 104 [update 18.i.2002: Kirkaldy's (1907) reference to P. sidnicus recognised as new combination of I. sidnicus Kirkaldy (1906) and not new species.] [update 22.i.2002: Image added]	NSW
Genus Sarima Melichar Sarima Melichar 1903: 224
Sarima novaehollandiae Jacobi Sarima novaehollandiae Jacobi 1928: 14 [update: image added 9.iii.2009]	Qld
Genus Tetrica Stål Tetrica Stål 1866a: 208
Tetrica curvicosta Jacobi Tetrica curvicosta Jacobi 1928: 13 [update: image added 9.iii.2009]	Qld
Tetrica scapularis Jacobi Terica scapularis Jacobi 1928: 12	Qld
Tetrica tumidifrons Jacobi Tetrica tumidifrons Jacobi 1928: 14 [update: image added 9.iii.2009]	Qld