Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian insect?

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 13-01-2017 04:24
#1
Can anyone suggest an Order or family for this insect? Size about 1.5mm. Light trap, Townsville, Queensland.

Posted by Armen Seropian on 13-01-2017 08:42
#2
Perhaps a male Strepsiptera? B)

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 13-01-2017 09:29
#3
Thanks Armen. Didn't consider that.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 13-01-2017 11:08
#4
This is Psylloidea (Hemiptera). A photo of this bug appears on the cover of Volume 1 of Psylloidea of Taiwan. (Sorry, I don't know which genus it is!)

Posted by Graeme Cocks on 13-01-2017 21:45
#5
Thanks Tony