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Tribe Nephesini

Representative Images

Metcalfa pruinosa? - Metcalfa pruinosa Flatormenis proxima Flatid Planthopper nymph - Flatormenis proxima Flatormenis? - Flatormenis saucia Ormenaria rufifascia Citrus flatid planthopper - Metcalfa pruinosa Ormenoides venusta citrus flatid planthopper - Metcalfa pruinosa

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
Family Flatidae (Flatid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Flatinae
Tribe Nephesini

Explanation of Names

Nephesini Melichar 1923

Numbers

TBA spp. in 6(?) genera in our area (with numerous undescribed) (1)
Flatormenis (Melichar, 1923)
Melormenis (Metcalf, 1938)
Metcalfa (Caldwell, 1951)
Ormenaria (Fennah, 1947)
Ormenoides (Melichar, 1923)
Petrusa (Stal, 1962)

Works Cited

1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003‒) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by v belov on 13 November, 2010 - 6:46pm
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 28 October, 2020 - 12:14pm

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