Ernst Friedrich Germar was a German professor and director of the Mineralogical Museum at Halle. As well as being a mineralogist he was interested in entomology and particularly in the Coleoptera and Hemiptera. He monographed the heteropteran family Scutelleridae.
Leucopatus is a genus of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae, containing a single species, the blind velvet worm. It is found in northeast Tasmania, Australia, and is ovoviviparous.
Cyclochila australasiae is a species of cicada and one of Australia's most familiar insects. It is distributed through coastal regions of southeastern Australia. Green specimens are commonly known as green grocers and yellow ones as yellow mondays.
Psaltoda plaga is a species of cicada native to eastern Australia, from Maryborough in central Queensland to Bega in southern New South Wales. Adult cicadas appear over the summer and inhabit forested areas near bodies of water. The predominantly black form from the Sydney and Central Coast regions is commonly known as the black prince, while the term silver knight is used for the species as a whole.
Rhinotia hemisticta is a species of weevil in the family Belidae, commonly referred to as the long-nosed weevil, or long nosed weevil. It is found in Australia, is about 1 inch (2.5 cm) long, and is found in wooded areas.
Chalcopteroides is a genus of darkling beetle, defined by Embrik Strand in 1935, and replacing the older name Chalcopterus which was preoccupied. The type species is Chalcopterus iridicolor. The genus occurs throughout Australia.
The Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) is an online catalogue of taxonomic and biological information on all animal species known to occur within Australia. It is a program of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water of the Government of Australia. By May 12, 2021, the Australian Faunal Directory has collected information about 126,442 species and subspecies. It includes the data from the discontinued Zoological Catalogue of Australia and is regularly updated. Started in the 1980s, it set a goal to compile a "list of all Australian fauna including terrestrial vertebrates, ants and marine fauna" and create an "Australian biotaxonomic information system". This important electronic key and educative package enables faster and orderly identification of Australian centipede species.
Macrotristria angularis, commonly known as the cherrynose, is an Australian cicada native to eastern Australia, where it is found in sclerophyll forests.
Corrhenes is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Rhytiphora is a genus of flat-faced longhorn beetles in the Pteropliini tribe of the subfamily Lamiinae. The genus was first described in 1835 by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville.
Anaesthetis lepida is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1848. It is known from Australia.
Ancita fuscicornis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was first described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1848 as Acanthoderes fuscicornis. It is known from Australia.
Paropsisterna is a genus of leaf beetles indigenous to Papua New Guinea and Australia. There are over 120 species, many with bright aposematic colours, and many feeding on Eucalyptus leaves.
Calomela is a genus of beetles commonly called leaf beetles and in the family Chrysomelidae. They are specialist feeders on various species of Acacia and are not reported as a problem species. The beetles are cylindrical when compared with other leaf beetles and their larvae are globose. Calomela includes about 45 species which are found in all states of Australia.
Ancita varicornis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1848. It is known from Australia.
Rhytiphora bankii is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775, under the genus Lamia. It is known from Australia, the Philippines, Borneo, Java, Micronesia, New Guinea, Hawaii, Moluccas, Sumatra, Vietnam, and has been introduced into Japan. The Australian species of Prosoplus were synonymised with Rhytiphora in 2013.
Rhytiphora albolateralis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was first described by Stephan von Breuning in 1938 as Saperdopsis albolateralis. In 1961 von Breuning transferred it to the genus, Rhytiphora. It is known from Australia, its holotype having been collected in Cooktown.
Rhytiphora cruciata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1875, originally under the genus Corrhenes. It is known from Australia.
Rhytiphora lateralis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described in 1858 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe as Symphyletes lateralis. It is known from Australia.
Zaeeropsis lepida is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was first described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1848 as Anaesthetis lepida. It is known from Australia. The Australian Faunal Directory recognises Rhytophora lepida as the accepted name for this species.
