Opsiini

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Opsiini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Opsiini
Emeljanov, 1962

Opsiini is a tribe of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae. The tribe contains 36 genera and over 300 species divided into four subtribes: Achaeticina, Circuliferina, Eremophlepsiina, and Opsiina. [1]

Genera

There are currently 36 described genera divided into four subtribes within Opsiini: [1]

Subtribe AchaeticinaEmeljanov, 1962

Subtribe CirculiferinaEmeljanov, 1962

Subtribe EremophlepsiinaDmitriev, 2006

Subtribe OpsiinaEmeljanov, 1962

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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. Sunil; Meshram, Naresh M.; Hashmi, Tahseen Raza; Shashank, Pathour R. (2020-08-27). "A new genus Vittaliana belonging to the tribe Opsiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from India and its molecular phylogeny". PeerJ. 8: e9515. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9515 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   7456527 . PMID   32913670.