NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Ectopiocephalus australis (Walker, 1858)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ectopiocephalus australis (Walker, 1858)
- Name authority
- (Walker, 1858)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadellidae
- Genus
- Ectopiocephalus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderAuchenorrhyncha Duméril, 1805
- infraorderCicadomorpha Evans, 1946
- parvorderClypeata Qadri, 1967
- superfamilyMembracoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- familyCicadellidae Latreille, 1825
- subfamilyDeltocephalinae Fieber, 1869
- tribePenthimiini Kirschbaum, 1868
- genusEctopiocephalus Kirkaldy, 1906
- speciesEctopiocephalus australis (Walker, 1858)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ectopiocephalus vanduzeei Kirkaldy, 1906 Kirkaldy, 1906 | synonym |
| Penthimia australis (Walker, 1858) (Walker, 1858) | synonym |
| Penthimia vanduzeeii (Kirkaldy, 1906) (Kirkaldy, 1906) | synonym |
| Penthimia vanduzei (Kirkaldy, 1906) (Kirkaldy, 1906) | synonym |
| Penthimia reticulata Distant, 1908 Distant, 1908 | ambiguous synonym |
| Penthimia reticulosa Distant, 1911 Distant, 1911 | synonym |
| Scaris australis Walker, 1858 Walker, 1858 | synonym |
| Penthimia vanduzeii (Kirkaldy, 1906) (Kirkaldy, 1906) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Queensland
Victoria
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Walker, F. (1858b) Supplement. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Order of Trustees, Suppl. 307 pp. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38QVS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.