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Subfamily Delphacinae

planthopper Hopper Stance, But ? - Sogatella kolophon nymph of something? - Javesella - male Black Hopper West Indian Canefly - Saccharosydne saccharivora - female Delphacidae, face - Liburniella ornata Delphacidae, perhaps Pissonotus, parasitized - Pissonotus concolor Saccharosydne saccharivora
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 Delphacoidea
Family Delphacidae (Delphacid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Delphacinae
Numbers
3 tribes, of which the Delphacini, with >300 genera worldwide and 57 in our area, is by far the largest, and includes all the native elements of our fauna
Remarks
all the native spp. are members of the tribe Delphacini, one adventive sp. is in the Saccharosydnini