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Abstract
The endemic Australian spittlebug genus Anyllis Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae) is revised and five species including two new species are recognized: Anyllis gibbosus sp. nov. (Queensland), Anyllis leiala Kirkaldy, Citation1906 (type species, throughout the eastern part of Australia from north Queensland to Tasmania), Anyllis pseudotiegsi sp. nov. (Tasmania), Anyllis spinostylus Liang, Citation2005 (Tasmania) and Anyllis tiegsi (China, Citation1952) (Victoria and the higher parts of southeast New South Wales). Descriptions or redescriptions of the genus and its included species are provided together with the dorsal habitus of the adults and the structural illustrations of the head, pronotum, scutellum and male genitalia. A diagnostic key is given for differentiation of the known species.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Dr John LaSalle and Mrs Nicole Fisher (ANIC), Mr David J. Preston and Dr Scott Miller (BPBM), Dr Mick D. Webb (BMNH), Dr Murray J. Fletcher (ASCU) and Dr Randall T. Schuh (AMNH) for loans of the specimens for study. This work resulted from the senior author's visit to the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Black Mountain, Canberra, Australia in April–May 2005, funded by the exchange programme between the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and the CSIRO. The senior author wishes to thank Mr Ren-Hua Sun (CAS, Beijing), Dr Ta-Yan Leong (CSIRO, Canberra), Dr John LaSalle, Mrs Nicole Fisher, Mr Chris Manchester and Dr Lawrence L. Mound (ANIC), for various assistance during his stay in Canberra. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 31172128 and 39925006 (awarded to A-P.L.) and 30900145 (awarded to R-R.W.)).