Drabescini

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Drabescini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Drabescini
Ishihara, 1953
Genera

38, see text.

Synonyms

Paraboloponini Ishihara, 1953 Bhatiini Linnavuori & Al-Ne’Amy, 1983

Drabescini is a tribe of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae. There are currently 38 genera and almost 200 species in Drabescini divided into two subtribes: Drabescina and Paraboloponina. [1]

Genera

There are currently 38 described genera divided into two subtribes: [1] [2]

Subtribe DrabescinaIshihara, 1953

Subtribe ParaboloponinaIshihara, 1953

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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. Zahniser, J.N. 2007-present. An online interactive key and searchable database of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). http://zahniser.speciesfile.org/