Genus Diaphorina Löw, 1880

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• Diaphorina Löw, F. 1880. Mittheilungen uber Psylloden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 29: 549-598 [567] [replacement name; gender feminine].
• Diaphora Löw, F. 1879. Zur Systematik der Psylloden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 28: 585-610 [603] [junior homonym of Diaphora Stephens, 1827 (Lepidoptera)].

  Type species:

   Diaphora putonii Löw, 1879 by monotypy.
• Brachypsylla Froggatt, W.W. 1901. Australian Psyllidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26: 242-298 (+ 3) [270].

  Type species:

   Brachypsylla tryoni Froggatt, 1901 by monotypy.
• Gonanoplicus Enderlein, G. 1910. Hemiptera. 8. Psyllidae. pp. 137-144 in Sjöstedt, Y. (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Masaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905–1906 12 Stockholm. [143].

  Type species:

   Gonanoplicus guttulatus Enderlein, 1910 by monotypy.
• Pennavena Capener, A.L. 1968. A new genus and species of Psyllidae (Homoptera) from South Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 31: 361-364 [361].

  Type species:

   Pennavena fabulosa Capener, 1968 by monotypy.
• Eudiaphorina Loginova, M.M. 1975. Psyllids of the subfamily Diaphorininae (Psyllidae, Homoptera). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 54: 543-551 [in Russian] [547].

  Type species:

   Diaphorina truncata Crawford, 1924 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Klimaszewski, S.M. 1964. Psyllidologische Notizen VIII–XI (Homoptera). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 22: 57-67 [59] (for Gonanoplicus)
• Hollis, D. 1985. Parapsylla, a Gondwanan element in the psyllid fauna of southern Africa (Homoptera). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 83: 325-342 [328] (for Pennavena and Eudiaphorina)
• Taylor, K.L. & Carver, M. 1991. Superfamily Psylloidea. pp. 448-450 in Naumann, I.D. (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 542 pp. [449] (for Brachypsylla)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland

Nearctic Region

• United States of America
  • Florida

Neotropical Region

• Bahamas
• Brazil

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

General References

Tuthill, L.D. & Taylor, K.L. 1955. Australian genera of the Family Psyllidae (Hemiptera, Homoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 3: 227-257 [245] (Brachypsylla)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Dec-2014		15-Oct-2012	MOVED
29-Jun-2012		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)