Smiliinae

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Smiliinae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Smiliinae
Stål, 1866

Smiliinae is a subfamily of treehoppers in the family Membracidae. These are bugs and include about 100 genera (and 4 unorganized genera) in 10 tribes. [1]

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Tribes and genera

These genera belong to the subfamily Smiliinae: [2]

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References

  1. Bugguide.net: Smiliinae (retrieved 20 October 2018)
  2. Treehoppers.insectmuseum.org (retrieved 20 October 2018)
  3. McKamey, S. H. (2008). A new genus, Smilirhexia, of Smiliini (Hemiptera, Membracidae) from Costa Rica. — ZooKeys, 3, 51−55.
  4. Gabriel Simões de Andrade (2004) As espécies do gênero Ceresa Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Membracidae). — Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. vol.21 no.4 Curitiba Dec. 2004
  5. Sakakibara AM (1968) Revisão das espécies do gênero Cyphonia Laporte (Homoptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae). — Studia Entomol. 11(1-4):417-476.
  6. Treehoppers.insectmuseum cf. link to Lepidopteran
  7. Sakakibara AM (1999) A synopsis of the tribe Micrutalini Haupt (Homoptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae). — Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 16, (Supl. 1), 193–220.

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