Genus Edwardsiana Zachvatkin, 1929

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• Edwardsiana Zachvatkin, A.A. 1929. Description d'une nouvelle espèce du genre Edwardsiana Jaz. 1929 (Homoptera, Eupterygidae) des environs de Moscou. Revue Russe d'Entomologie 23: 262-265 [262].

  Type species:

   Cicada rosae Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.

Introduction

The only representative of this genus in Australia was originally described from Binalong, New South Wales, but is certainly an introduction from Europe where it is widespread on apples and related species.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Jarrah Forest (JF), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Diagnosis

The only Australian representative can be distinguished from the only other Typhlocybini species in Australia by colour, Edwardsiana froggatti (Baker) being yellow and it also feeds on apples and similar Rosaceae. The other species is green and restricted to elms, Ulmus spp (Ulmaceae).

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