Bonaspeiini

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Bonaspeiini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Bonaspeiini
Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013
Genera

26, see text

Bonaspeiini is a tribe of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae. Bonaspeiini is made up of 26 genera and over 125 species found throughout southern Africa. Many species are found in the fynbos biome. [1]

Genera

There are 26 described genera in the tribe Bonaspeiini: [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Zahniser, James N; Dietrich, Chris (2013-05-29). "A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (45). doi: 10.5852/ejt.2013.45 . ISSN   2118-9773.
  2. Stiller, Michael (2021-01-04). "New macropterous leafhopper genera and species within the tribe Bonaspeiini from the Fynbos biome of South Africa (Insecta, Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae)". African Invertebrates. 62 (1): 1–45. Bibcode:2021AfrIn..62....1S. doi: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.54721 . ISSN   2305-2562.
  3. Stiller, Michael (2017-04-01). "Bretega, a new leafhopper genus from South Africa with 15 new species (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Bonaspeiini)". Entomologica Americana. 122 (3): 333–392. doi:10.1664/1947-5144-122.3.333. ISSN   1947-5136. S2CID   90278665.
  4. Stiller, Michael (2019-02-20). "A new leafhopper genus Discolopeus and nine new species (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) associated with shrubs, trees and poisonous plants in South Africa". Zootaxa. 4559 (2): 201–244. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   30791014. S2CID   73500020.
  5. Stiller, Michael (2020-06-03). "A new leafhopper genus Geelus and 12 new species (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) from Southern Africa". Zootaxa. 4786 (3): 301–344. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4786.3.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   33056470. S2CID   219913457.