Checklist of Auchenorrhyncha species

Compiled by M.-C. Larivière and M.J. Fletcher

Introductory notes. A full synonymic checklist and annotated catalogue has been published by Larivière, Fletcher & Larochelle (2010: Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand 63 : 232 pp.). References documenting taxonomic changes made after June 2010 will be listed in the bibliography section of this checklist. Depending on classifications Ulopidae are assigned full family status or are considered a subfamily of Cicadellidae, the Ulopinae. Similarly, Aphrophoridae may be considered a full family or a subfamily of Cercopidae, the Aphrophorinae. The current checklist provides more up-to-date information than the lists recently published in Gordon (editor, 2010 : New Zealand Inventory of Biodiveristy. Volume 2. ... University of Canterbury Press. 544 pp.).

In the checklist below:
Taxa are sorted alphabetically first by family, then by genus and species.
The biostatus indicates whether species are endemic, native (indigenous but not endemic) or adventive (introduced)  in New Zealand.
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Family Sub-Family Tribe Genus Species/ SubSp/Var Author Biostatus
Achilidae Achilinae Achilini Achilus flammeus Kirby, 1818 Adventive
Achilidae Achilinae Plectoderini Agandecca annectens White, 1879 Endemic
Aphrophoridae Basilioterpa bullata Hamilton & Morales, 1992 Native
Aphrophoridae Bathyllus albicinctus (Erichson, 1842) Adventive
Aphrophoridae Carystoterpa aurata Hamilton & Morales, 1992 Endemic
Aphrophoridae Carystoterpa chelyon Hamilton & Morales, 1992 Endemic
Aphrophoridae Carystoterpa fingens (Walker, 1851) Endemic
Aphrophoridae Carystoterpa ikana Hamilton & Morales, 1992 Endemic
Aphrophoridae Carystoterpa maori Hamilton & Morales, 1992 Endemic
Aphrophoridae Carystoterpa minima Hamilton & Morales, 1992 Endemic
Aphrophoridae Carystoterpa minor Hamilton & Morales, 1992 Endemic
Aphrophoridae Carystoterpa subtacta (Walker, 1858) Endemic
Aphrophoridae Carystoterpa subvirescens (Butler, 1874) Endemic
Aphrophoridae Carystoterpa trimaculata (Butler, 1874) Endemic
Aphrophoridae Carystoterpa tristis (Alfken, 1904) Endemic
Aphrophoridae Carystoterpa vagans Hamilton & Morales, 1992 Endemic
Aphrophoridae Philaenus spumarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Adventive
Aphrophoridae Pseudaphronella jactator (White, 1879) Endemic
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Erythroneurini Anzygina agni (Knight, 1976) Adventive
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Erythroneurini Anzygina barrattae Fletcher & Larivière, 2009 Endemic
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Erythroneurini Anzygina dumbletoni (Ghauri, 1963) Adventive?
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Erythroneurini Anzygina ramsayi (Knight, 1976) Endemic
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Erythroneurini Anzygina toetoe (Cumber, 1952) Endemic
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Erythroneurini Anzygina zealandica (Myers, 1923) Native
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Arahura dentata Knight, 1975 Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Arahura gourlayi Knight, 1975 Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Arahura reticulata Knight, 1975 Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Arawa dugdalei Knight, 1975 Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Arawa negata (White, 1879) Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Arawa novella (Metcalf, 1967) Native
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Arawa pulchra Knight, 1975 Native
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Arawa variegata Knight, 1975 Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Macrostelini Balclutha incisa (Matsumura, 1902) Adventive
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Macrostelini Balclutha lucida (Butler, 1877) Adventive?
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Macrostelini Balclutha rieki Knight, 1987 Adventive?
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Macrostelini Balclutha viridinervis Matsumura, 1914 Adventive?
Cicadellidae Iassinae Iassini Batracomorphus adventitiosus Evans, 1966 Native
Cicadellidae Iassinae Iassini Batracomorphus angustatus (Osborn, 1934) Native?
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Typhlocybini Edwardsiana froggatti (Baker, 1925) Adventive
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Typhlocybini Edwardsiana lethierryi (Edwards, 1881) Adventive
Cicadellidae Euacanthellinae Euacanthellini Euacanthella palustris Evans, 1938 Adventive
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Typhlocybini Eupteryx melissae Curtis, 1837 Adventive
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Exitianus plebeius (Kirkaldy, 1906) Native
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Deltocephalini Horouta inconstans Knight, 1975 Endemic
Cicadellidae Idiocerinae Idiocerus distinguendus Kirschbaum, 1868 Adventive
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Empoascini Kybos lindbergi (Linnavuori, 1951) Adventive
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Empoascini Kybos smaragdula (Fallén, 1806) Adventive
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Limotettix awae (Myers, 1924) Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Limotettix harrisi Knight, 1975 Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Limotettix pallidus Knight, 1975 Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Limotettix pullatus (Evans, 1942) Native
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Macrostelini Macrosteles fieberi (Edwards, 1889) Adventive
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Deltocephalini Maiestas knighti Webb & Viraktamath, 2009 Native
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Deltocephalini Maiestas samuelsoni (Knight, 1976) Native
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Deltocephalini Maiestas vetus (Knight, 1975) Native
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Empoascini Matatua maorica (Myers, 1923) Endemic
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Empoascini Matatua montivaga Knight, 1976 Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Macrostelini Nesoclutha phryne (Kirkaldy,1907) Native
Cicadellidae Ulopinae Ulopini Novolopa falcata Knight, 1973 Endemic
Cicadellidae Ulopinae Ulopini Novolopa infula Knight, 1973 Endemic
Cicadellidae Ulopinae Ulopini Novolopa kuscheli Knight, 1973 Endemic
Cicadellidae Ulopinae Ulopini Novolopa maculata Knight, 1973 Endemic
Cicadellidae Ulopinae Ulopini Novolopa montivaga Knight, 1973 Endemic
Cicadellidae Ulopinae Ulopini Novolopa townsendi Evans, 1966 Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris cassiniae (Myers, 1923) Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris castor Knight, 1974 Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris cithara Knight, 1974 Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris extremitatis Knight, 1974 Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris eylesi Knight, 1974 Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris hinemoa (Myers, 1923) Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris maorica (Myers, 1923) Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris notata Knight, 1974 Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris notialis Knight, 1974 Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris peregrina Knight, 1974 Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris pollux Knight, 1974 Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris punctata Knight, 1974 Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris solitaria Knight, 1974 Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris tararua (Myers, 1923) Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris vagans Knight, 1974 Endemic
Cicadellidae Tartessinae Thymbrini Novothymbris zealandica (Myers, 1923) Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Opsiini Orosius argentatus (Evans, 1938) Adventive
Cicadellidae Ulopinae Cephalelini Paracephaleus curtus Knight, 1973 Endemic
Cicadellidae Ulopinae Cephalelini Paracephaleus hudsoni (Myers, 1923) Endemic
Cicadellidae Eupelicinae Paradorydiini Paradorydium aculeatum Knight, 1973 Endemic
Cicadellidae Eupelicinae Paradorydiini Paradorydium cuspis Knight, 1973 Endemic
Cicadellidae Eupelicinae Paradorydiini Paradorydium gourlayi Evans, 1966 Endemic
Cicadellidae Eupelicinae Paradorydiini Paradorydium insulare Evans, 1966 Endemic
Cicadellidae Eupelicinae Paradorydiini Paradorydium philpotti Myers, 1923 Endemic
Cicadellidae Eupelicinae Paradorydiini Paradorydium sertum Knight, 1973 Endemic
Cicadellidae Eupelicinae Paradorydiini Paradorydium watti Knight, 1973 Endemic
Cicadellidae Eupelicinae Paradorydiini Paradorydium westwoodi (White, 1879) Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Deltocephalini Recilia (Recilia) hospes (Kirkaldy, 1904) Native
Cicadellidae Idiocerinae Rhytidodus decimaquartus (Schrank, 1776) Adventive
Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae Typhlocybini Ribautiana tenerrima (Herrich-Schäffer, 1834) Adventive
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Scaphetus brunneus Evans, 1966 Endemic
Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae Athysanini Scaphetus simus Knight, 1975 Endemic
Cicadellidae Xestocephalinae Xestocephalini Xestocephalus ovalis Evans, 1966 Endemic
Cicadellidae Macropsinae Zelopsis nothofagi Evans, 1966 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Amphipsalta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Amphipsalta strepitans (Kirkaldy, 1909) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Amphipsalta zelandica (Boisduval, 1835) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia angusta (Walker, 1850) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia cauta (Myers, 1921) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia cutora cumberi Fleming, 1973 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia cutora cutora (Walker, 1850) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia cutora exulis (Hudson, 1950) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia dugdalei Fleming, 1984 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia horologium Fleming, 1984 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia laneorum Fleming, 1984 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia longula (Hudson, 1950) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia muta muta (Fabricius, 1775) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia muta pallida (Hudson, 1950) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia ochrina (Walker, 1858) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia paxillulae Fleming, 1984 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia rosea (Walker, 1850) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia scutellaris (Walker, 1850) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia subalpina (Hudson, 1891) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada alticola Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada campbelli (Myers, 1923) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada cassiope (Hudson, 1891) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada clamitans Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada hamiltoni (Myers, 1926) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada iolanthe (Hudson, 1891) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada lindsayi (Myers, 1923) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada mangu celer Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada mangu gourlayi Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada mangu mangu (White, 1879) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada mangu multicostata Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada myersi (Fleming, 1971) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada nigra frigida Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada nigra nigra (Myers, 1921) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada oromelaena (Myers, 1926) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada otagoensis maceweni Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada phaeoptera Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada tenuis Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Notopsalta sericea (Walker, 1850) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Rhodopsalta cruentata (Fabricius, 1775) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Rhodopsalta leptomera (Myers, 1921) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Rhodopsalta microdora (Hudson, 1936) Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Aka dunedinensis Larivière, 1999 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Aka duniana (Myers, 1924) Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Aka finitima (Walker, 1858) Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Aka rhodeae Larivière, 1999 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Aka westlandica Larivière, 1999 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Cermada inexspectata (Larivière, 1999) Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Cermada kermadecensis (Myers, 1924) Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Cermada punctimargo (Walker, 1858) Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Cermada triregia (Larivière, 1999) Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Chathamaka andrei Larivière, 1999 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Confuga persephone Fennah, 1975 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Huttia nigrifrons Myers, 1924 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Huttia northlandica Larivière, 1999 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Koroana arthuria Myers, 1924 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Koroana lanceloti Larivière, 1997 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Koroana rufifrons (Walker, 1858) Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Malpha cockcrofti Myers, 1924 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Cixiini Malpha muiri Myers, 1924 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Semonini Parasemo hutchesoni Larivière, 1999 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Semonini Semo clypeatus White, 1879 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Semonini Semo harrisi (Myers, 1924) Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Semonini Semo southlandiae Larivière & Hoch, 1998 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Semonini Semo transinsularis Larivière & Hoch, 1998 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Oecleini Tiriteana clarkei Myers, 1924 Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Pentastirini Zeoliarus atkinsoni (Myers, 1924) Endemic
Cixiidae Cixiinae Pentastirini Zeoliarus oppositus (Walker, 1851) Endemic
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Anchodelphax hagnon Fennah, 1965 Endemic
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Anchodelphax olenus Fennah, 1965 Endemic
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Eorissa cicatrifrons Fennah, 1965 Endemic
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Nilaparvata myersi Muir, 1923 Endemic
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Notogryps ithoma Fennah, 1965 Endemic
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Notogryps melanthus Fennah, 1965 Endemic
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Notohyus erosus Fennah, 1965 Endemic
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Opiconsiva dilpa (Kirkaldy, 1907) Native?
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Sardia rostrata pluto (Kirkaldy, 1906) Native
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Sulix insecutor Fennah, 1965 Endemic
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Sulix miridianalis (Muir, 1917) Endemic
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Sulix tasmani (Muir, 1923) Endemic
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Sulix vetranio Fennah, 1965 Endemic
Delphacidae Delphacinae Delphacini Toya dryope (Kirkaldy, 1907) Adventive
Delphacidae Asiracinae Ugyopini Ugyops (Paracona) pelorus Fennah, 1965 Endemic
Delphacidae Asiracinae Ugyopini Ugyops (Paracona) raouli (Muir, 1923) Endemic
Delphacidae Asiracinae Ugyopini Ugyops (Ugyops) caelatus (White, 1879) Endemic
Delphacidae Asiracinae Ugyopini Ugyops (Ugyops) rhadamanthus Fennah, 1965 Endemic
Derbidae Cedusinae Cedusini Eocenchrea maorica (Kirkaldy, 1909) Endemic
Dictyopharidae Dictyopharinae Dictyopharini Thanatodictya (Niculda) tillyardi Myers, 1923 Endemic
Flatidae Flatinae Flatini Anzora unicolor (Walker, 1862) Adventive
Flatidae Flatinae Siphantini Siphanta acuta (Walker, 1851) Adventive
Membracidae Centrotinae Acanthuchus trispinifer (Fairmaire, 1846) Adventive
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Myerslopia magna amplificata Knight, 1973 Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Myerslopia magna magna Evans, 1947 Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Myerslopia magna scabrata Knight, 1973 Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Myerslopia rakiuraensis Szwedo, 2004 Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Myerslopia tawhai Szwedo, 2004 Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Myerslopia tearohai Szwedo, 2004 Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Myerslopia triregia Knight, 1973 Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Myerslopia whakatipuensis Szwedo, 2004 Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Pemmation asperum asperum (Knight, 1973) Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Pemmation asperum cognatum (Knight, 1973) Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Pemmation bifurca (Knight, 1973) Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Pemmation insulare (Knight, 1973) Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Pemmation montis (Knight, 1973) Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Pemmation parvum (Evans, 1947) Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Pemmation simile (Knight, 1973) Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Pemmation terrestre (Knight, 1973) Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Pemmation townsendi (Knight, 1973) Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Pemmation variabile austrinum (Knight, 1973) Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Pemmation variabile variabile (Knight, 1973) Endemic
Myerslopiidae Myerslopiinae Myerslopiini Pemmation verrucosum (Knight, 1973) Endemic
Ricaniidae Scolypopa australis (Walker, 1851) Adventive

 

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