''Aacanthocnema burckhardti'' is a species of jumping plant lice, first found on plants of the genus ''

Allocasuarina ''Allocasuarina'' is a genus of trees in the flowering plant family Casuarinaceae. They are endemic to Australia, occurring primarily in the south. Like the closely related genus ''Casuarina'', they are commonly called sheoaks or she-oaks. Wi ...

'' in Australia. The species is characterised by exhibiting an elongate habitus; short Rs and short cubital

forewing Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly. They are found on the second and third thoracic segments (the mesothorax and metathorax), and the two pairs are often referred to as the forewings and hindwin ...

cells; ventral genal processes beneath the apical margin of its vertex; short antennae; and nymphs that are elongate and very

sclerotised Sclerotin is a component of the cuticle of various Arthropoda, most familiarly insects. It is formed by cross-linking members of particular classes of protein molecules, a biochemical process called sclerotization, a form of tanning in which qui ...

(scale-like). It lacks hinaria on its eighth antennal segment as well as sclerotised spurs on its hind

tibia The tibia (; ), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects ...

. Females of the species lack a posterior apical hook on their proctiger.Taylor, Gary S., et al. "A new genus and ten new species of jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Triozidae) from Allocasuarina (Casuarinaceae) in Australia." Zootaxa 3009 (2011): 1-45.

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Triozidae Insects described in 2011 {{Sternorrhyncha-stub