Subfamily Asiracinae Motschulsky, 1863

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Regional Maps

• Asiracinae Motschulsky, V. von 1863. Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'îIle Ceylan. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 36(3): 1-153 [nomen protectum].

  Type genus:

   Asiraca Latreille, 1796.
• Asiracides Motschulsky, V. von 1863. Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'îIle Ceylan. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 36(3): 1-153 [108] [original spelling].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1961. Opinion 602. Delphax Fabricius, 1798 (Insecta, Hemiptera); Interpretation under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18(4): 246–248 [246]

Introduction

The Australian fauna of Asiracinae is endemic at the species level with three genera recognised. The species are long-legged with a toothless awl-shaped hind tibial spur. The Asiracinae was regarded by Asche (1985) as being a remnant group of the early history of the Delphacidae and was divided into two tribes, the Asiracini and the Ugyopini by Fennah (1979). All the recognised Australian fauna belongs to the Ugyopini.

Diagnosis

Hind tibial spur awl-shaped, not flattened but rounded in cross-section, without teeth.

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J. (2005). Illustrated Key to the subfamilies and tribes of the Family Delphacidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/delphacidae/delph00.htm

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