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Subfamily Delphacinae

120611Hopper2 - Sogatella kolophon Kosswigianella lutulenta? Male? - male Hemiptera sp4 - Chionomus havanae - male sp1 - Megamelus gracilis - female sp2 - Bakerella bidens - female UDCC_NRI 00001557 - Delphacodes sucinea - male Tagosodes orizicolus
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