Other Subfamilies, New Zealand species list

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Species of Idiocerinae known to occur in New Zealand

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Idiocerus distinguendus Kirschbaum Europe,
North America,
NZ
Idiocerus distinguendus Kirschbaum 1868a: 5
Idiocerus lucidus Kirschbaum 1868a: 11, synonymised by Wagner 1939: 144
Idiocerus bohemani Kirschbaum 1868: 162, synonymised by Wagner 1939: 144
Idiocerus cognatus Fieber 1868: 455, synonymised by Fieber 1872: 8
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Note: This species has been introduced to New Zealand and is one of only two members of the subfamily recorded there. The species name was synonymised with Idiocerus cognatus Fieber (1868) by Fieber (1872) but priority is uncertain because both names appeared at the same time. We have followed subsequent authors, including Edwards (1886: 114), Buckton (1890: 115), Ribaut (1952: 379) and Knight (1974: 481) who gave priority to I. distinguendus
Known hosts: Populus alba, Populus canescens (Salicaceae)
   
Rhytidodus decimaquartus (Schrank) ?NSW,
NZ, holarctic
  Cicada decimaquarta Schrank 1776: 76
Jassus crenatus Germar 1837: pl.10, synonymised by Fieber_1868: 451 (with I. germari)
Jassus scurra Germar 1837: pl.11, synonymised by Haupt 1917: 147
Idiocerus germari Fieber 1868: 451, nom nov for I. scurra Germar (invalid)
Idiocerus scurra fulvus Rey 1894: 30, synonymised by Nast 1972: 215
Idiocerus gemmisimulans Leonard and Crosby 1915: 541, synonymised by Dickerson and Weiss 1917: 218 (with I. scurra)
Rhytidodus decimusquartus (Schrank), Nast 1972: 215
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Known hosts: Populus, Salix (Salicaceae), Alnus (Betulaceae).
Note: Day and Fletcher (1994: 1166) raise doubts whether this species is established in Australia.
 
 

Species of Macropsinae known to occur in New Zealand

Zelopsis nothofagi Evans NZ
  Zelopsis nothofagi Evans 1966: 168
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Species of Xestocephalinae known to occur in New Zealand

Xestocephalus ovalis Evans NZ
  Xestocephalus ovalis Evans 1966: 256
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Species of Membracidae known to occur in New Zealand

Acanthuchus trispinifer (Fairmaire) NZ, Australia

 

Centrotus trispinifer Fairmaire 1846: 515
Acanthucus [sic] trispinifer (Fairmaire), Stål 1866b: 386
Acanthuchus gracilispinus Stål 1869: 287, synonymised by Evans 1966: 295
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Known hosts: Acacia decurrens (Mimosaceae) Cookson and New 1980), broom (Fabaceae), Cotoneaster (Rosaceae) (Eyles 1971)

NZ Hemiptera