Aphrodinae

Aphrodinae
Anoscopus albifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Subfamily:	Aphrodinae Haupt, 1927

Aphrodinae is a subfamily of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae, containing three tribes. ^{[1] [2]}

Xestocephalus lunatus

Genera

The following genera belong to three tribes: ^[1]

Aphrodini Haupt, 1927 [1859]

1. Anoscopus Kirschbaum, 1858 ^{c g b}
2. Aphrodes Curtis, 1833 ^{c g b}
3. Planaphrodes Hamilton, 1975 ^{c g b}
4. Stroggylocephalus Flor, 1861 ^{c g b}

Sagmatiini Hamilton, 1999

Previously placed in the obsolete subfamily Euacanthellinae this tribe contained genera native to Australia, Madagascar has a single endemic genus/species, and New Caledonia has a single undescribed species of uncertain generic placement.

1. Myerslopella Evans, 1977
2. Sagmation Hamilton, 1999

Xestocephalini Baker, 1915

1. Aloxestocephalus Evans, 1973
2. † Brevaphrodella Dietrich & Gonçalves, 2014
3. Matsumurana Distant, 1917
4. Myrmecophryne Kirkaldy, 1906
5. Ootacamundus Distant, 1918
6. † Xestocephalites Dietrich & Gonçalves, 2014
7. Xestocephalus Van Duzee, 1892

Incertae sedis

• † Rovnoxestus Dietrich, Dmitriev & Perkovsky, 2021
• † Acocephalus Scudder, 1878

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[3] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[4] g = GBIF, ^[5] b = Bugguide.net ^[6]

References

1. World Auchenorrhyncha Database: subfamily Aphrodinae Haupt, 1927 (retrieved 23 December 2025)
2. "Aphrodinae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
3. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-04-06.
4. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-04-06.
5. "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-04-06.
6. "Aphrodinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Bantock, T.; Botting, J. (2013). "British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera" . Retrieved 2018-04-06.

External links

• Media related to Aphrodinae at Wikimedia Commons