Selenocephalini

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Selenocephalini is a tribe of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae. Deltocephalinae contains 21 genera and around 200 species divided into four subtribes: Adamina, Dwightlina, Ianeirina and Selenocephalina. [1]

Selenocephalini
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Citorus sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Selenocephalini
Fieber, 1872
Genera

21, see text.

Synonyms
  • Ianeirini Linnavuori, 1978
  • Adamini Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy, 1983
  • Dwightlini Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy, 1983

Genera

There are 21 genera divided into four subtribes within Selenocephalini: [1]

Subtribe AdaminaLinnavuori & Al-Ne’amy, 1983

Subtribe DwightlinaMcKamey, 2003 [2]

Subtribe IaneirinaLinnavuori, 1978

Subtribe SelenocephalinaFieber, 1872

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. LU, LIN; ZHANG, YALIN (2018-01-10). "Review of the Afrotropical genus Dwightla McKamey (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Selenocephalini) with description of a new species from Nigeria" . Zootaxa. 4370 (3): 267–270. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4370.3.4. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   29689845.