Genus Euronotobrachys Kirkaldy, 1906

Museums

Regional Maps

• Euronotobrachys Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [446].

  Type species:

   Euronotobrachys arcuata Kirkaldy, 1906 by original designation.
• Yarrana Distant, W.L. 1906. Rhynchotal Notes. xxxix. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 18: 191-208 [206].

  Type species:

   Yarrana sinuata Distant, 1906 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fennah, R.G. 1964. Three new genera of Eurybrachyidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) from West Africa and Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 33(9-10): 157-162 [160]

Introduction

Five species are known in this genus, all found in Queensland with one also found in the Northern Territory and two also recorded from Western Australia. Kirkaldy (1906: 443) believed that the Australian eurybrachids were all eucalypt-feeders although this is now known not to be correct with species in at least two genera apparently restricted to Acacia. He states "Euronotobrachys arcuata was found always in grass, but it had probably been blown or fallen from Eucalyptus". It is possible that the specimens were collected from the ground because they were feeding on one of the prostrate Acacia species, such as A. sophorae from which eurybrachids are sometimes collected.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, WA: Dampierland (DL), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

"Allied to Olonia Stal. Somewhat of the form of Nicidus Stal, but the tegmina and wings are shorter and the clavus is apically acuminate and closed, the wings are also broader basally. Antennae short. Scutellum with three carinae. Anterior tibiae with three spines." (Kirkaldy 1906)

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J. (2000). Illustrated Key to the Genera of the family Eurybrachidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/eurybrachidae/eurygen00.htm

Diagnosis References

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [446]

General References

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [443]

History of changes