bs_bs_banner Austral Entomology (2013) ••, ••–•• New records of Delphacini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae) from Australia, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea, and an updated checklist of Delphacini from Australia Glenn A Bellis,1* John F Donaldson,2 Valente Quintao,3 Anthony Rice,4 David Tenakanai5 and Lucy Tran-Nguyen6 1 Department of Agriculture, Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy, PO Box 37846, Winnellie, NT 0822 Australia. 83 Mills Road, Dalcouth, Qld 4380, Australia. 3 Directorate of Quarantine and Biosecurity, Dili, Timor Leste. 4 Department of Agriculture, Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy, PO Box Cairns, Qld, 4067. 5 National Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Authority, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 6 Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, GPO Box 3000, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia. 2 Abstract Examination of Delphacini holdings in Australian insect collections and comparison with material from overseas collections has revealed several species not previously recorded from Australia, Timor Leste and/or Papua New Guinea. Newly recorded species from Australia are Anchodelphax olenus Fennah, Cemus sauteri (Muir), Falcotoya aurinia Fennah, Hagamiodes fuscicaudata (Muir), Horcoma colorata lacteipennis (Muir), Latistria placitus (van Duzee), Nemetor sabinus Fennah, Nilaparvata bakeri (Muir), Nilaparvata myersi (Muir), Numata corporaali (Muir), Nycheuma coctum (Yang), Perkinsiella bakeri (Muir), Rhombotoya pseudonigripennis (Muir), Tagosodes pusanus (Distant), Toya bridwelli (Muir). Newly recorded species from Timor Leste are Falcotoya aurinia, Horcoma colorata lacteipennis, Latistria placitus, Nycheuma coctum and Tagosodes pusanus. Newly recorded species from Papua New Guinea are Hagamiodes fuscicaudata and Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén). An updated checklist of Australian Delphacini is provided. [Correction added on 19 December 2013, after first online publication: ‘Laodelphax striatellus’ has been removed from the list of newly recorded species.] Key words Fulgoromorpha, planthopper, systematics, taxonomy. INTRODUCT IO N Of the families of planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha), the Delphacidae are the most diverse and economically important. Most species feed on grasses, and many are vectors of serious diseases of cereal crops, sugarcane and taro around the world (Ammar & Nault 2002). Despite the divergent views of the higher taxonomy of this family, the tribe Delphacini is generally accepted as the most diverse taxon of the Delphacidae containing more than half of the >2100 described species in the family (Asche 1985, 1990; Bartlett et al. 2013) and almost all of the pest species. Despite their economic importance, the Delphacini fauna of Australia, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have never been fully revised. Kirkaldy (1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910) pioneered studies of Australian delphacids describing numerous species and erecting a number of genera. Various workers have subsequently added to the knowledge of the fauna of these countries with the most significant contributions from Muir (1910, 1917, 1919, 1923), Muir and Giffard (1924), and Fennah (1965, 1979); however, none of these works attempted to catalogue the entire fauna. Consequently, *glenn.bellis@daff.gov.au © 2013 Commonwealth of Australia Austral Entomology © 2013 Australian Entomological Society much of the material collected from these countries resides in collections without ever having been studied or reported. More recently, Fletcher (2009) posted new records of Perkinsiella thompsoni Muir and Tarophagus colocasiae (Matsumara) from Western Australia and Queensland, respectively, and Grimshaw and Donaldson (2007) recently reported the occurrence of Eumetopina flavipes Muir in the far north of Queensland. Australian Biological Resources Study (2009) maintains a checklist of these published Australian records of Delphacidae but requires that records are validated in publications prior to their inclusion on this checklist. This paper aims to provide an updated checklist of Australian Delphacini resulting from a study incorporating all specimens held in Australian insect collections supplemented with data from specimens borrowed from overseas collections. MAT ERIAL S AN D MET H ODS Holdings of Delphacini from Australian insect collections were borrowed and examined morphologically. Definitive diagnosis was made by dissection of male genitalia, clearing in 10%KOH for up to 12 h then examination under a dissecting or compound microscope. Where possible, specimens of species new newly recorded for Australia were compared with material from overseas. doi:10.1111/aen.12069 2 G A Bellis et al. DNA barcoding and genetic analyses Specimens used in DNA sequencing were catalogued with unique sample IDs and stored at the Northern Territory Quarantine Insect Collection (NTQIC) in Darwin, NT, Australia. The abdomen of specimens used in DNA analysis were subjected to non-destructive tissue digestion using the DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit (QIAGEN, Doncaster, Australia) following the manufacturer’s instructions. The sample digest solution was then subjected to DNA extraction using the DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit (QIAGEN) following the manufacturer’s instructions. The DNA was eluted in 200 μL of AE buffer and stored at −20°C. PCR reactions were conducted in 25 μL consisting of 5X MyFi reaction buffer containing 1 mmol/L dNTPs, 3 mmol/L MgCl2, 2 U/μL MyFi DNA Polymerase and 10 μmol/L of LCO1490 and HCO2198 primers (Folmer et al. 1994) that targets the 5′ end of the cytochrome oxidase I mitochondrial gene, commonly referred to as the DNA barcode region (Hebert et al. 2003). PCR conditions were initial denaturation at 95°C for 1 min followed by 35 cycles of denaturation at 95°C for 15 s, annealing at 50°C for 15 s and elongation at 72°C for 15 s. PCR products were electrophoresed in a 1% agarose-ethidium bromide gel. The amplified COI mitochondrial gene (ADR 794) was purified using the QIA quick PCR purification kit (QIAGEN) following the manufacturer’s instructions, 30 μL of sterile distilled water pH 7.3 was used to elute the purified product. DNA quantification was estimated using the gel-based technique, where the intensity of the band was compared with the low mass DNA ladder (Life Technologies) for concentration estimates. Thirty nanograms of purified PCR product was bidirectional sequenced at the Australian Genome Research Facility (Brisbane, Qld, Australia) using the LCO1490 and HCO2198 primers in the Applied Biosystems AB 3730xl DNA Analyser. Sequence reactions were conducted using the ABI Prism BigDye Terminator Sequencing Reaction kit. Bidirectional sequence AB1 trace files were analysed used Geneious version 6.1.2 created by Biomatters and available from http://www.geneious.com/ bioinformatics software. The bidirectional sequences were aligned and a consensus sequence was generated. The consensus COI product was subjected to the BLAST search engine on GenBank (http:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) and the species query identification search engine on the Barcode of Life Database (BOLD; http:// v3.boldsystems.org/). versity of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; NCHU, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; NMV, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; NQQIC, Northern Queensland Quarantine Insect Collection, Cairns, Queensland, Australia; NSW, New South Wales; NT, Northern Territory; NTEIC, Northern Territory Economic Insect Collection, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; NTM, Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; NTQIC, Northern Territory Quarantine Insect Collection, Darwin, Northern Territory Australia; NZAC, New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand; PNG, Papua New Guinea; QDPI, Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Qld, Queensland; QM, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; SA, South Australia; SAMA, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Tas, Tasmania; TDA, Department of Agriculture, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; UQIC, University of Queensland Insect Collection, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; VAIC, Victorian Agricultural Insect Collection, Department of Agriculture, Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia; Vic, Victoria; WA, Western Australia; WADA, Western Australia Department of Agriculture, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; WAM, Western Australia Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia RES U LT S AN D DIS CU S S ION Examined material The species listed in Table 1 are recognised for the first time from Australia. Table 2 provides an updated checklist of all Delphacini recorded from Australia. While this study has included some material from neighbouring Timor Leste and PNG, there is insufficient data to create meaningful checklists for these countries. Genus Anchodelphax Fennah Anchodelphax Fennah, 1965:34 Type species. Anchodelphax olenus Fennah, 1965 by original designation Anchodelphax olenus Fennah Abbreviations Anchodelphax olenus Fennah, 1965:35 AM, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; ANIC, Australian National Insect Collection; CSIRO, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; ASCU, Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, Orange, New South Wales, Australia; BPBM, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; BMEQIC, Broome Quarantine Insect Collection, Broome, Western Australia, Australia; CDUIC, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory Australia; MMus, Macleay Museum, Uni- Type locality. Manawatu, New Zealand. © 2013 Commonwealth of Australia Austral Entomology © 2013 Australian Entomological Society Distribution. Australia (WA, SA, NSW, all new records), New Zealand Material examined. Australia: Western Australia. North Gingin, 17.ix.1969, KT Richards, 4씹씹 (WADA); South Australia. Ponds Cave, 28.i.1965, NB Tindale, 1씹 (SAMA); Tarpeena, Port Augusta, 17.i.2003, A Profke 2씹씹, 3씸씸 New Australian delphacid records Table 1 New records of Delphacini from Australia, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea Species Anchodelphax olenus Fennah Cemus sauteri (Muir) Falcotoya aurinia Fennah Hagamiodes fuscicaudata (Muir) Horcoma colorata lacteipennis (Muir) Laodelphax striatellus Latistria placitus (van Duzee) Nemetor sabinus Fennah Nilaparvata bakeri (Muir) Nilaparvata myersi (Muir) Numata corporaali (Muir) Nycheuma coctum (Yang) Perkinsiella bakeri (Muir) Rhombotoya pseudonigripennis (Muir) Tagosodes pusanus (Distant) Toya bridwelli (Muir) Revised distribution Australia (WA, SA, NSW), New Zealand Australia (Qld), Fiji, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Taiwan. Australia (WA, Qld, NT), Timor Leste, New Caledonia. Australia (Qld), PNG, Philippines. Australia (Qld, NT), Timor Leste, Indonesia, Fiji, Taiwan, Micronesia, Palau. PNG, Indonesia, Philippines, Palearctic and Oriental regions. Australia (NSW, Qld, NT), Timor Leste, Taiwan, Micronesia, Polynesia Australia (WA, Qld, NT), New Caledonia Australia (Qld, NT), Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Philippines, China, Japan Australia (Tas), New Zealand Australia (NSW, Qld,) Indonesia (Sumatra), Vietnam, Taiwan Australia (WA, Qld, NT), Timor Leste, Taiwan Australia (WA, NT), Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, Palau Australia (Qld), PNG, Sri Lanka, Taiwan Australia (WA, Qld, NT, Vic), Timor Leste, Taiwan, Philippines, China, India, Pakistan Australia (WA, NSW, Qld, NT), Taiwan, Africa (NTQIC); New South Wales. Rose Bay, 20.iii.1969, AD Clift, 1씹 (MMus); New Zealand: Poor Knights Is. 2.xii.1980, CF Butcher, 2씹씹 (NZAC). Genus Cemus Fennah Cemus Fennah, 1964:147 Type species. Cemus leviculus Fennah, 1964 by original designation Cemus sauteri (Muir) Phyllodinus sauteri Muir, 1917:319 Cemus sauteri; Fennah, 1964:147 3 Table 2 Checklist of Australian Delphacini Acrodelphax thimbron Fennah Anchodelphax olenus Fennah Anectopia igerna Kirkaldy Anectopia mandane Kirkaldy Aplanodes australiae (Kirkaldy) Cemus kirkaldyi (Kirkaldy) Cemus sauteri (Muir) Chloriona thyestes (Kirkaldy) Coronacella sinhalana (Kirkaldy) Delphacodes hyas (Kirkaldy) Delphacodes muirianus Izzard Dicranotropis aristoxenus Kirkaldy Embolophora astyanax (Kirkaldy) Eumetopina flavipes Muir Eumetopina histrionicus (Kirkaldy) Falcotoya aurinia Fennah Hadeodephax pluto Kirkaldy Hagamiodes fuscicaudata (Muir) Haplodelphax darwini Fennah Haplodelphax euronotianus Kirkaldy Haplodelphax iuncicola Kirkaldy Haplodelphax naias Kirkaldy Harmalia ostorius (Kirkaldy) Horcoma colorata lacteipennis (Muir) Latistria eupompe (Kirkaldy) Latistria placitus (van Duzee) Matutinus melichari (Kirkaldy) Megamelus leimonias (Kirkaldy) Metadelphax propinqua (Fieber) Nemator sabinus Fennah Nilaparvata albotristriata (Kirkaldy) Nilaparvata bakeri (Muir) Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) Nilaparvata myersi (Muir) Numata corporaali (Muir) Nycheuma coctum Yang Nycheuma cognata (Kirkaldy) Opiconsiva dilpa (Kirkaldy) Opiconsiva dodona (Fennah) Peliades platypus (Bierman) Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead) Perkinsiella bakeri Muir Perkinsiella graminicida Kirkaldy Perkinsiella saccharacida Muir Perkinsiella thompsoni Muir Phacalastor pseudomaidis Kirkaldy Proterosydne arborea Kirkaldy Rhombotoya pseudonigripennis (Muir) Queenslandicesa anderida (Kirkaldy) Smicrotatodelphax perkinsi Kirkaldy Sogatella furcifera (Horvath) Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy) Sogatella vibix (Haupt) Sogatellana geranor (Kirkaldy) Stobaera concinna (Stål) Syndelphax disonymos (Kirkaldy) Syndelphax euonymus (Kirkaldy) Tagosodes pusanus (Distant) Tarophagus colocasiae (Matsumara) Tarophagus persephone (Kirkaldy) Temenites ancon Fennah Terthron anemonias (Kirkaldy) Terthron pylaon (Kirkaldy) Thrasymemnon kaha (Kirkaldy) Toya bridwelli (Muir) Toya dryope (Kirkaldy) Toya lazulis (Kirkaldy) Ulanar algebra (Kirkaldy) Type locality. Daimokko, Taiwan © 2013 Commonwealth of Australia Austral Entomology © 2013 Australian Entomological Society 4 G A Bellis et al. Distribution. Australia (Qld, new record), Fiji, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Taiwan Material examined. Australia: Queensland. 6 km W Mareeba, Qld, 26.iv.1974, JF Donaldson 2씹씹; 20 km S. Ilbilbie, 15.iv.1975, JF Donaldson, 2씹씹 (all QDPI). 24.iv.1983, wild rice, JF Donaldson, 4씹씹; Kowanyama, 25.iv.1983, JF Donaldson, 4씹씹, 2씸씸 (all QDPI); PNG: Ellangowan Is, Fly R. 11.xi.1988, AR McCulloch, 1씹 (AM). Genus Horcoma Fennah Genus Falcotoya Fennah Horcoma Fennah, 1969:36 Falcotoya Fennah, 1969:39 Type species. Delphacodes lacteipennis Muir, 1917 by original designation Type species. Falcotoya aurinia Fennah, 1969 by original designation Horcoma colorata lacteipennis (Muir) Falcotoya aurinia Fennah Delphacodes lacteipennis Muir, 1917:337 Falcotoya aurinia Fennah, 1969:40 Type locality. Ansé Vata, New Caledonia Horcoma colorata lacteipennis; Fennah, 1975:113 Type locality. Fiji. Distribution. Australia (WA, Qld, NT all new records), Timor Leste (new record), New Caledonia Material examined. New Caledonia: Ansé Vata, xi.1958, CR Joyce, holotype 씹 (BPBM), Australia: 112씹씹, 7씸씸 from various localities in the; Western Australia (Kununurra – CDUIC); Queensland (Mareeba, Daintree, Cape Tribulation, Hoskyn Is, Proserpine, Palm Beach, Innisfail, Yepoon – QDPI & NTQIC) and Northern Territory (Darwin, Cobourg Peninsula, Arnhemland, Tiwi Is, Groote Eylandt, Bickerton Is, Douglas R, Stapleton – NTQIC); Timor Leste: Liquica 7.v.2002 G Bellis 4씹씹; Becora 9.v.2002 G Bellis 1씹 (NTQIC) Genus Hagamiodes Fennah Hagamiodes Fennah 1975:90 Type species. Dicranotropis fuscicaudata Muir, 1917 by original designation Hagamiodes fuscicaudata (Muir) Dicranotropis fuscicaudata Muir, 1917:318 Hagamiodes fuscicaudata; Fennah, 1975:90 Type locality. Los Banos, Luzon, Philippines. Distribution. Australia (Qld, new record), PNG (new record), Philippines Distribution. Australia (Qld, NT, both new records), Timor Leste (new record), Indonesia, Fiji, Taiwan, Micronesia, Palau. Material examined. Fiji: Ba, Fiji, Muir, i.1906, holotype 씹; Rewa, iii.1906, Muir, paratype 씹 (BPBM);. Indonesia: Java, Pekalongan, F Muir, paratype 씹, (BPBM); Australia: Northern Territory. Wanguri Park, Darwin, 27.iii.2002, G Bellis 8씹씹, 3 씸씸; Berrimah Farm, Darwin, 19.ix.2003, 3씹씹 (all NTQIC); NT University, Darwin, 28.iii.2000, 2씹씹; NT University, Darwin, 3.iv.2000 1씹; NT University, Darwin, 15.iv.1999, 1씸 (all CDUIC); Queensland. Mt Molloy, 21.iv.1974, JF Donaldson, 5씹씹 1씸; Lacey Ck. Mission Beach, 5.iv.1976, ID Galloway, 2씹씹; Cooper Ck, N of Daintree R. 25.iii.1976, ID Galloway, 1씹; Iron Range, 13–20.v.1975, KJ Houston, 1씹; Noah Ck, N of Daintree R. 26.iii.1976, ID Galloway, 1씸 (all QDPI); Meringa, ix.1919, F Muir, 1씹 (BPBM). Timor Leste: Ermera, 8.v.2002, G Bellis, 1씹 (NTQIC). Genus Laodelphax Fennah Laodelphax Fennah, 1963:15 Type species. Delphax striatella Fallén 1826 by original designation Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén) Delphax striatella Fallén, 1826:75. Material examined. Philippines: Los Baños, Philippine Is. F Muir, ix.1915, holotype 씹 and 씸 on same pin; Los Baños, ix.1915, 2 씹씹;(BPBM) Australia: Queensland. Pinklands, 23–24.ii.1973, JF Donaldson, 1씹; Rutland Plains, 24.iv.1983, JF Donaldson, 1씹; 31 km SE Dunbar, 24.iv.1983, wild rice, JF Donaldson and JF Grimshaw, 13씹씹; 13 km SE Dunbar, © 2013 Commonwealth of Australia Austral Entomology © 2013 Australian Entomological Society Laodelphax striatellus Fennah, 1963:15; Kuoh, 1983:148; Yang, 1989:217. Delphacodes striatella Esaki & Ishihara, 1943:31; Matsumara & Ishihara, 1945:60; Ishihara, 1949:49. New Australian delphacid records Distribution. PNG (new record), Indonesia (Sumatra), Taiwan, Philippines, Micronesia, Europe, Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan (Ryukyu Is.). Material examined. Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands Province, ‘Seven Mile’ Garden, 9 km N of Goroka, 6.01569°S 145.36678°E, 1600 m asl, 25.vi.2011,AD Rice, ex Oryza sativae, 20씹씹, 1씸 (NTQIC); Western Highlands Province, Highlands Agricultural Training Institute (HATI) 12 km E of Mt Hagen, 5.84006°S 144.31817°E, 1677 m asl, 25.vi.2011, AD Rice, ex Oryza sativae (1씹, NTQIC). People’s Republic of China: Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang University, Aug 2010, B. Fu, sweeping rice (2씹씹, NTQIC). 5 Genus Nemetor Fennah Nemetor Fennah 1969:42 Type species. Nemetor sabinus Fennah, 1969 by original designation Nemetor sabinus Fennah, 1969 Nemetor sabinus Fennah, 1969:42 Type locality. Tao, New Caledonia Distribution. Australia (WA, Qld, NT all new records); New Caledonia; COI DNA barcoding The consensus 600bp COI DNA barcode sequence of a male specimen labelled Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands Province, ‘Seven Mile’ Garden, 9 km N of Goroka, 6.01569°S 145.36678°E, 1600 m asl, 25.vi.2011, AD Rice, ex Oryza sativae (ADR 794, Genbank accession number KF811176) showed 100% sequence similarity with Laodelphax striatellus (Delphacidae; Hemiptera) GenBank Accession number FJ360695 from China (Song & Liang 2009). A neighbourjoining tree using default parameters within BOLD with the Kimura 2 Parameter distance model showed that the specimen clustered with Laodelphax striatellus specimens within BOLD (data not shown). Genus Latistria Huang, Ding, Tian & Kuoh Latristria Huang, Ding, Tian & Kuoh, 1980:166 Type species. Latristria testacea Huang, Ding, Tian & Kuoh, 1980 by original designation Material examined. New Caledonia: Tao ii.1963, Yoshimoto & Krauss, holotype 씹 (BPBM); Australia: Western Australia. Wyndham, 5.iv.2000, T Vinnicombe, 1씹; Kununurra, 24.xi.1998, N Wilson, 1씹 (both BMEQIC); Kununurra, 6.i.2000, R Blanche and L Tran Nguyen 1씹; Kununurra, 25.x.1999, R Blanche and L Tran Nguyen 1씹; Kununurra, 24.x.1999 R Blanche and L Tran Nguyen 1씸 (all CDUIC); Northern Territory. Millner, Darwin, 18.i.2002, G Bellis, 2씹씹, 1씸; Millner, Darwin, 29.xi.2001, G Bellis 2씹씹; Dundee Beach, 1.xi.2001, G Bellis 1씹, 2씸씸; Koolpinyah Stn homestead, 15.xi.2001, G Bellis, 1씸; Berrimah, Darwin, 20.xii.2002, G Bellis 1씹; Mt Bundey, 21.i.2002, G Bellis, 2씸씸 (all NTQIC); Darwin River, 15.xi.2000, D O’Connor & G Young, 1씹 (NTEIC); NT University couch, 29.xi.1999, R Blanche, 1씹, 1씸; NT University couch, 20.x.1999, R Blanche, 1씸; NT University couch, 20.iii.2000, R Blanche, J Lloyd and L Tran-Nguyen 1씸 (all CDUIC); Lake Bennett, 20–30.xii.1979, MB Malipatil, 1씹, 1씸 (NTM) Genus Nilaparvata Distant Latistria placitus (van Duzee) Nilaparvata Distant, 1906: 473 Sogata placitus van Duzee, 1937:120 Type species. Nilaparvata greeni Distant, 1906:473 (= Delphax lugens Stål) by original designation Chloriona (Sogatella) euterpe Fennah, 1956:118 Nilaparvata bakeri (Muir) Latistria placitus Asche & Wilson, 1990:37 Type locality. Caroline Islands. Distribution. Australia (NSW, Qld, NT, all new records), Timor Leste (new record), Taiwan, Micronesia, Polynesia Material examined. Australia: New South Wales. Wallarah Ck, Wyong, 31.iii.1986, GR Brown, 17씹씹 (ASCU);); Queensland. East Innisfail, 11.iv.2002, G Bellis 1씹; East Innisfail, 9.iv.2002, G Bellis, 1씹 (both NTQIC); Northern Territory. Black Pt swamp, Cobourg Pen. 12.vi.2002, G Bellis, 1씹; Leaning Tree Lagoon, 3.vii.2002, G Bellis, 1씹; Daly R. 3.vi.2004, G Bellis, 2씹씹 (all NTQIC Timor Leste: Hera, 21.xi.2003, G Bellis, 2씹씹 (NTQIC). Delphacodes bakeri Muir, 1917:336 Nilaparvata bakeri; Muir, 1922:351. Type locality. Los Banos, Luzon, Philippines. Distribution. Taiwan, China, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Japan, Australia (Qld, NT, both new records), Sri Lanka Taiwan, Philippines, China, Japan Material examined. Philippines: Los Banos, Luzon, Muir, vii.1916, holotype 씹(BPBM); Australia: Queensland. Brisbane, ii.1926 1씸; Iron Range, Cape York Pen. 13–20.v.1975, KJ Houston, at light, 1씹; Pinklands, 13.iii.1974, JF © 2013 Commonwealth of Australia Austral Entomology © 2013 Australian Entomological Society 6 G A Bellis et al. Donaldson, 1 씹; Eltham, 1.ii.1929, Chadwick, 1 씸; DPI Indooroopilly, 12.iii.1974, Yellow pan trap in swamp, 1 씹(all QDPI); Cairns dist., AM Lea 1씸 (SAMA); Northern Territory. Arafura Swamp nr Ramingining, 9.vii.2003, G Bellis 1씹(NTQIC). Nilaparvata myersi Muir Nilaparvata myersi Muir, 1923:258 Type locality. Mt Alpha, New Zealand. Distribution. Australia (Tas, new record), New Zealand Material examined. Australia: Tasmania. LPE Airstrip Old, 43°02′20″S 146°20′20.5″E 5.iii.2004, M Driessen, buttongrass moorland, Pitfall 1씹 (AM); New Zealand: Longacre, 2.iv.1923, 4씹씹 (BPBM). Genus Numata Matsumura Distribution. Australia (WA, Qld, NT, all new records), Timor Leste (new record), Taiwan. Material examined. Taiwan: Pingtung, 10.ix.1984, CT Yang, holotype 씹 (NCHU); Australia: Northern Territory. Berrimah Farm, 12.iii.1999, R Blanche, 3씹씹; NT University, couch, 11.iii.1999, R Blanche, 1씹; NT University, 24.iii.2000, J Lloyd, 2씹씹, 1씸 (all CDUIC); Queensland. Yam Is. 30.iii.1984, JW Turner, 1씹; Saibai Is. 8.ii.1986, Houston & Hamacek, 1씹 (both QDPI); Smithfield, 5 km N Cairns, 9.i.2005, KL Anderson, 1씹 (NTQIC); Western Australia. Kununurra, 27.iii.2002, A Postle, 1씹 (NTQIC); Timor Leste: Desa Sau, Kec Manatutu, Kab Manatutu, 20.vii.2000, G Bellis, 1씹 (NTQIC). Genus Perkinsiella Kirkaldy Perkinsiella Kirkaldy, 1903:179 Type species. Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy, 1903 by original designation Numata Matsumura 1935:139 Type species. Stenocranus sacchari Matsumara, 1910:16 Perkinsiella bakeri Muir Perkinsiella bakeri Muir, 1916:379 Numata corporaali (Muir) Type locality. Los Banos, Luzon, Philippines. Dicranotropis corporaali Muir, 1923:173 Distribution. Australia (WA, NT, both new records), Vietnam, Taiwan Philippines, Palau Numata corporaali; Fennah, 1978:222 Type locality. Sumatra, Indonesia. Distribution. Australia (NSW, Qld, both new records), Indonesia (Sumatra), Vietnam, Taiwan Material examined. Indonesia: Medan, 1920, Corporaal, holotype 씹 (BPBM); Australia: Queensland. Mt Tambourine, 6.iii.1981, ID Galloway, 1씹 (QDPI); New South Wales. 3 km S Border Gate, Mt Lindsay Highway, 22.iii.1975, BK Cantrell, 2씹씹 (QDPI); Crystal Falls track, Dorrigo National Park, 30.iii.1982, GR Brown & AE Westcott, 1씹 (ASCU). Genus Nycheuma Fennah Nycheuma Fennah, 1964:145 Type species. Dicranotropis capensis Muir, 1926:28 by original designation Nycheuma coctum Yang Nycheuma coctum Yang, 1989:98 Type locality. Pingtung, Taiwan. © 2013 Commonwealth of Australia Austral Entomology © 2013 Australian Entomological Society Material examined. Australia: Northern Territory. Brigalow Farms via Katherine, 23.v.2003, M Hoskins, 2씹씹; Daly R. Brown’s Ck, 30.vii.1985, G Flanagan & H Brown 1씹; (all NTEIC); Douglas Daly RF. 2.v.2000, R Blanche & J Lloyd, 1씹, 2씸씸 (CDUIC); Western Australia. Kununurra, 6.i.2000, R Blanche and L Tran Nguyen, 1씹, 1씸; Kununurra, 7.xii.1999, R Blanche and L Tran Nguyen, 1씹, 1씸; Kununurra, 24.v.2000, R Blanche and J Lloyd, 1씹 (all CDUIC); Kununurra, 24.xi.1998, N Wilson, 1씹, 1씸; 18–21.xii.1998, J DeLong, 1씹; Kununurra, 12.ix.2003, A Postle, 2씹씹, 2씸씸 (all NTQIC). Genus Rhombotoya Fennah Rhombotoya Fennah, 1975:124 Type species. Delphacodes pseudonigripennis Muir, 1918 by original designation Rhombotoya pseudonigripennis (Muir) Delphacodes nigripennis Muir, 1917:338 Delphacodes pseudonigripennis Muir, 1918:427 New Australian delphacid records Rhombotoya pseudonigripennis; Fennah, 1975:124 Type locality. Daimokko, Taiwan. Distribution. Australia (Qld, new record), PNG (new record), Sri Lanka, Taiwan. Material examined. Australia: Queensland. Little Mitchell River, nr.Yalkula, 28.iii.1976, ID Galloway, 1씹 (QDPI); PNG. NE Moife, 2100 m, 15 km NW of Okapa, 11–13. x.1959, TC Maa, 1씹 (BPBM). Genus Tagosodes Asche & Wilson 7 Toya bridwelli (Muir) Delphacodes bridwelli Muir, 1920:140 Toya bridwelli; Linnavuori, 1973:107 Metadelphax bridwelli; Ding, 2006:511 Toya bridwelli; Gonzon and Bartlett, 2007:233. Type locality. Nigeria. Distribution. Australia (WA, NSW, Qld, NT, all new records), Taiwan, Africa Tagosodes Asche & Wilson, 1990:32 Type species. Dicranotropis cubanus Crawford, 1914:595 Tagosodes pusanus (Distant) Sogata pusana Distant, 1912:191. Kelisia fieberi Muir, 1917: 31. Unkana formosella Matsumara, 1935:72. Sogata striatus Qadri and Mirza, 1960:117 Himeunka chibana Tian & Kuoh, 1981:193. Sogatodes assimilis Yang, 1989:178. Tagosodes pusanus; Asche & Wilson, 1990:35 Type locality. Calcutta, India. Material examined. Nigeria: Oleke Meji, 1914, J.C. Bridwell Holotype 씹 (BPBM), Australia: Queensland. Innisfail, 9.iv.2002, G Bellis, 15씹씹; Burleigh Heads, 30.iii.2006, G Bellis, 1씹 (all NTQIC); Iron Range, 7–8.vii.1997, G &A Daniels, 3씹씹 (UQIC); Tully, x.1982, on grass, KH Halfpapp 1씹 (QDPI); New South Wales. Wallarah Ck. Wyong, 31.iii.1986, GR Brown, 1씹; Doyalson/ Bluehaven, 31.iii.1986, GR Brown, 2씹씹; Tucki Tucki Ck via Lismore, 8.iv.1987, GR Brown, 1씹 (all ASCU); Northern Territory. Mabuhay, Coach Rd. via Adelaide R., 24.iii.2002, G Bellis, 14씹씹; Palumpa cattle yards, 31.x.2000, G Bellis, 2씹씹, 1씸; Kangaroo Flats, 25.i.2002, G Bellis, 1씹; Oenpelli, 7.vii.2003, G Bellis, 1씹; Darwin, 1.ix.2003, G Bellis, 1씹 (all NTQIC); Katherine, 25.viii.1999, GR Brown, 1씹; Tortilla Flats, 30.viii.1983, J Waldeck, 2씹씹; Tortilla Flats, 13.viii.1981, S Collins, 1씹 (all NTEIC); NT University, 20.x.1999, R Blanche, 1씹 (CDUIC) Western Australia. Kununurra, 23.vii.1998, J DeLong, 1씹 (NTQIC); Kununurra, 6.i.2000, R Blanche & L Tran-Nguyen, 1씹 (CDUIC). Distribution. Australia (WA, Qld, NT, Vic, all new records), Timor Leste (new record),Taiwan, Philippines, China,India, Pakistan Genus Dicranotropis Fieber Material examined. Australia Queensland: Corinda St. Innisfail, 9.iv.2002, G Bellis 2씹씹, 2씸씸, Peters St. Mareeba, 20.vi.2003, A Profke 1씹 (all NTQIC), Thrusday Is. 1.iii.2001, BM Waterhouse & KL Anderson, 3씹씹, 2씸씸 (NQQIC), Kennedy R. 30 km N of Laura, 9.v.1983, Storey Brown, 1씹, Bilboohra via Mareeba, 29.ii.1984, KH Halfpapp, Pheremone trap, 1씸 (QDPI); Western Australia: 12씹씹, 12씸씸 from Kununurra (CDUIC); Victoria: Mitta Mitta Riv. 8 km NE Benambra, 5.ii.1974, A Nebolas, 3씹씹 (NMV); Northern Territory: 26씹씹, 10씸씸 from Darwin, Adelaide R., Nhulunbuy, Douglas Daly Research Farm, Katherine, Daly River, Yirrkala and Legune Station (NTQIC, NTEIC and CDUIC). Type species. Dicranotropis hamata Boheman, 1835 (subsequently designated by Distant 1906:479). Genus Toya Distant Toya Distant 1906:472 Type species. Toya attenuata Distant, 1906:472 Dicranotropis Fieber, 1866:521 Dicranotropis fuscifrons (Muir) Perkinsiella fuscifrons Muir, 1910:11. Dicranotropis fuscifrons; Muir (1917, p. 317) Type locality. Amboina, Indonesia. Distribution. Amboina Comments. Jacobi’s (1928) Australian record of Dicranotropis fuscifrons was reviewed in light of the fact that this species is not represented in any Australian collections. A translation of his notes on this species follows: ‘In Muir’s review of Perkinsiella, the description of fuscifrons applies well to these two specimens. Even though © 2013 Commonwealth of Australia Austral Entomology © 2013 Australian Entomological Society 8 G A Bellis et al. Muir does not comment on granulations on the tegmen for this species, he does mention this character for the closely related P. amboinensis. However, neither amboinensis nor P. bakeri from the Philippines are candidates because the male terminalia are very different (to the two specimens in hand). Muir only had females of fuscifrons. Specifically the ventral apex of the pygophor of fuscifrons has a strong median spur with a simple pointed apex that doesn’t fork at the tip like the other species.’ It is apparent that Jacobi (1928) was not aware of Muir’s (1917) description of the male of Perkinsiella fuscifrons and subsequent transfer of this species to Dicranotropis. Muir’s (1917) diagram of the pygophor of D. fuscifrons clearly illustrates a forked ventral process that does not agree with Jacobi’s (1928) description of his specimens. Indeed, Jacobi’s description more closely matches that of Phacalastor pseudomaidis Kirkaldy. Unfortunately, the male specimen described by Jacobi (1928) is not among his other material in the Stockholm Museum (B Gustafsson, pers. comm. 2008). Based on the similarity of his original description to P. pseudomaidis and the absence of further Australian specimens of D. fuscifrons, we propose that D. fuscifrons does not occur in Australia. 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