Species list, other families

Species of Achilidae known to occur in New Zealand
The classification used here follows Fennah (1950).

Tribe Achilini

Achilus flammeus Kirby
Achilus flammeus Kirby 1818: 475

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NZ, Aust

Tribe Plectoderini

Agandecca annectens White [update: added 5.ii.2001]
Agandecca annectens White 1879b: 218

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Species of Derbidae known to occur in New Zealand

Eocenchrea maorica (Kirkaldy) [update: added 5.ii.2001]
Cenchrea maorica Kirkaldy 1909b: 80
Eocenchrea maorica (Kirkaldy), Muir 1913a: 37

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Deribia coccinea (Guérin-Méneville)
Anotia coccinea Guérin-Méneville 1829: 58
Deribia coccinea (Guérin-Méneville), Westwood 1841a: 13

Note: M.-C. Larivière has raised doubts about the validity of the New Zealand record of this species.

NZ?, Australia
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Species of Dictyopharidae known to occur in New Zealand

Thanatodictya (Thanatodictya) tillyardi Myers
Thanatodictya tillyardi Myers 1923: 428

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Species of Ricaniidae known to occur in New Zealand

Ricanoptera melleborgi (Stål)
    Flata fenestrata Fabricius 1803: 51, preoccupied by Flata fenestrata Fabricius 1775
    Ricania mellerborgi Stål 1854: 247
    Flatoides discalis Walker 1857: 89, synonymised by Stål 1862a: 489
    Ricania fabricii Stål 1869: 104 nom. nov. for Flata fenestrata Fabricius
    Ricanoptera melleborgi (Stål), Melichar 1898: 392
Note: This species was recorded in New Zealand by Riley and Howard (1891: 424) as Ricania discalis, reported as being "exceedingly plentiful around Auckland during the last 8 or 10 years", particularly on cultivated passionfruit. This is almost certainly a misidentification of Scolypopa australis which remains as the only ricaniid recorded in New Zealand. The note does provide a measure of the likely timing of the species' introduction to New Zealand from Australia.

Scolypopa australis (Walker)
    Pochazia australis Walker 1851: 430
    Flatoides australis Walker 1858a: 102, synonymised by Melichar 1898: 278
    Scolypopa urbana Stål 1859: 325, synonymised by Melichar 1898: 278
    Scolypopa australis (Walker), Melichar 1898: 278

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Note: This species builds up into huge populations on passion vines and kiwifruit vines causing heavy deposits of "honeydew". This leads to the growth of sooty moulds which impair the marketability of the fruit.

NZ, Australia, Fiji

Document 6944, submitted 27 June 2007
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