Typhlocybinae

Typhlocybinae
Nymph of an unidentified Typhlocybinae species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Membracoidea
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Typhlocybinae
Tribes

4-10, see text

Typhlocybinae is a subfamily of insects in the leafhopper family, Cicadellidae. This is currently the second largest leafhopper subfamily based on the number of described species, but researchers believe there are so many taxa yet undescribed that it is probably the largest subfamily.[1] Approximately 6000 species have been described to science so far.[1]

Tribes

Entomologists divide the subfamily into four to ten tribes. Five tribes are generally accepted:[1]

Selected genera

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dietrich, C. H. (2013). South American leafhoppers of the tribe Typhlocybini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Zoologia (Curitiba) [online] 30(5) 519-68.
  2. Coelho, L. B. N., et al. (2014). A new species of Dikrella Oman, 1949 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) found on Caryocar brasiliense Cambess. (Caryocaraceae) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Psyche 2014 871605.
  3. Viraktamath, C. A. & C. H. Dietrich. (2011). "A remarkable new genus of Dikraneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Southeast Asia". Zootaxa. 2931: 1–7.


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