Genus Tharra Kirkaldy, 1906

Tharra labena Kirkaldy, type species of Tharra Kirkaldy

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• Tharra Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [324].

  Type species:

   Tharra labena Kirkaldy, 1906 by monotypy.
• Nisitra Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Homopterous insects collected in the Indian Archipelago by Mr A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 10: 276-330 [327] [junior homonym; of Nisitra Walker, 1869].

  Type species:

   Nisitra telifera Walker, 1870 by subsequent designation, see Metcalf, Z.P. 1952. New names in the Homoptera. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42: 226-231 [229].
• Muirella Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Leafhoppers — Supplement (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 3: 1-186 [79].

  Type species:

   Muirella oxyomma Kirkaldy, 1907 by monotypy.
• Jassoidula Osborn, H. 1934. Hemiptera. Cicadellidae (Jassidae). Pt II. Insects of Samoa and Other Samoan Terrestrial Arthropoda 4: 163-192 [182].

  Type species:

   Jassoidula straminea Osborn, 1934 by original designation.
• Nisitrana Metcalf, Z.P. 1952. New names in the Homoptera. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42: 226-231 [229] [replacement name; for Nisitra Walker, 1870].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Nielson, M.W. 1975. A revision of the subfamily Coelidiinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Tribes Tinobregmini, Sandersellini and Tharrini. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (Supplement) 24: 1-197 [34] (synonymy of Nisitra Walker, Muirella Kirkaldy, Jassoidula Osborn)

Introduction

A prolific genus in the SE Oriental region, Indonesia, Malaysia and across New Guinea to Micronesia, this genus is represented in Australia by four species, distributed between the wet tropics of North Queensland and the NE corner of New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis

This genus was well diagnosed by Nielson (1975) and no repeat is needed here because it is the only genus of Tharrini found in Australia.

Diagnosis References

Nielson, M.W. 1975. A revision of the subfamily Coelidiinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Tribes Tinobregmini, Sandersellini and Tharrini. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (Supplement) 24: 1-197 [34–35]

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