Compiled from Australian Faunal Directory, [1] IRMNG, [2] GBIF, [3] and Insects of the World. [4] (Species from GBIF include species which are not accepted.)
Telenomus is a genus of parasitoid wasps from the subfamily Telenominae. The genus was first described by Alexander Henry Haliday in 1833. Species in this genus parasitise the eggs or immature stages of other insects.
The Alysiinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps with over 1000 described species. Several species have been used in biocontrol programs. They are closely related to the Opiinae.
Adurothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Laurence Mound in 1994. There is just one species in this genus: Adurothrips atopus. The species is wingless and breeds in leaf litter in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.
Octurothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Hermann Priesner in 1931. There is just one species in this genus: Octurothrips pulcher.
Hypulus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Melandryidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and North America
Apion is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Brentidae. The genus was first described in 1797 by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst.
Naineris is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Orbiniidae.
Bathynellidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Bathynellacea, first described by Karl Grobben in 1905.
Brucerolis is a genus of isopods in the family Serolidae, found in the Southern Ocean.
Neotermes insularis is a species of termite in the genus Neotermes. It is native to Australia. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1853 as Termes insularis.
Antipterna is a genus of moths of the family Oecophoridae, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1916.
Coptocercus crucigerus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, first described by Frederick William Hope in 1842 as Stenochorus cruciger, from a specimen collected in Port Essington (Darwin). In 1929, Herbert James Carter assigned the species to the genus Coptocercus, and also synonymised it with Phoracantha politaPascoe, 1863.
Gagatophorus is a genus of weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, first described by Henri Jekel in 1865. The decisions for synonymy are based on work by Sigmund Schenkling and G.A.K. Marshall (Pseudamycterus), and Elwood Zimmerman.
Gondwanenneboeus is a genus in the beetle family, Archeocrypticidae, first described in 1984 by Zoltán Kaszab. There is just one species in the genus, Gondwanenneboeus minutissimus. The genus is named for Gondwana Land, and is native to Australia.
Solonaima is a genus of leafhoppers in the family, Cixiidae, first described by George Willis Kirkaldy in 1906. The type species is Solonaima solonaima.
Telenomus acares is species of parasitoid wasp in the subfamily, Telenominae, of the family Scelionidae. It was first described in 1913 as Neotelenomus minimus by Alan Parkhurst Dodd, but in 1984, when it was deemed by N.F. Johnson to belong to the genus, Telenomus, it required a new epithet and was renamed Telenomus acares.
Caldicochlea is a genus of freshwater molluscs in the family, Tateidae, endemic to the mound springs of the Great Artesian Basin.
Retithrips is a genus of thrips in the family Thripidae, first described in 1910 by Paul Marchal. These thrips are leaf-feeding.
Paraproto is a genus of marine amphipods in the family, Caprellidae, and was first described in 1903 by Paul Mayer. The type species is Paraproto condylata.
Austropheonoides is a genus of amphipods in the Cyproideidae family, and was first described in 1972 by Jerry Laurens Barnard