Euacanthella

Euacanthellinae
Euacanthella palustris (adult brachypterous female, length about 7.8 mm)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Subfamily:	Errhomeninae
Tribe:	Euacanthellini Evans, 1966
Genus:	Euacanthella Evans, 1974 [1]

Euacanthella is a genus of leafhoppers, native to Australia and adventive in New Zealand; it is now placed in the subfamily Errhomeninae and the monogeneric tribe Euacanthellini Evans, 1966. ^[2]

Taxonomy

The obsolete subfamily Euacanthellinae contained two tribes, Euacanthellini (containing just Euacanthella), and Sagmatini (now placed in the Aphrodinae) containing 3 genera native to Australia, Madagascar has a single endemic genus/species, and New Caledonia has a single undescribed species of uncertain generic placement.

Species

New Zealand has a single species, Euacanthella palustris, adventive from Australia. The World Auchenorrhyncha Database includes:

1. Euacanthella bicolor Evans, 1938
2. Euacanthella impressa Fletcher, 2008
3. Euacanthella palustris Evans, 1938

References

1. Evans, J.W. (1974). "New Caledonian leafhoppers and the systematic position of Kosmiopelix Kirkaldy and Euacanthella Evans (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 16 (2–3): 165–175.
2. World Auchenorrhyncha Database: tribe Euacanthellini Evans, 1966 (retrieved 22 December 2025))

External links

• Media related to Euacanthella at Wikimedia Commons