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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Deltocephalinae » Deltocephalini

Tribe Deltocephalini

Classification · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Blue Hopper - Planicephalus Hopper ID Request - Graminella fitchii Leafhopper - Graminella aureovittata - female Arundanus - Deltanus bicolor - female Leafhopper - Amblysellus curtisii - male is this black-faced leafhopper? - Graminella nigrifrons CASTYPE 01797 - Deltocephalus zephyrius Polyamia weedi
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 Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Deltocephalinae
Tribe Deltocephalini
Numbers
TBA spp. in 26(?) genera in our area, ~600 described spp. in ~70 genera worldwide(1)
Amblysellus Sleesman, 1929
Amplicephalus DeLong, 1926
Arundanus DeLong, 1935
Cabrulus Oman, 1949
Crumbana Oman, 1949
Cumora Oman, 1938
Daltonia Oman, 1949
Deltanus Oman, 1949
Deltazotus Kramer, 1971
Deltella Oman, 1949
Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838
Destria Oman, 1949
Endria Oman, 1949
Graminella DeLong, 1936
Kansendria Kramer, 1971
Lonatura Osborn & Ball, 1898
Maiestas Distant, 1917
Maricaona Caldwell, 1952
Mendozellus Linnavuori, 1959
Mexara Oman, 1949
Planicephalus Linnavuori, 1954
Polyamia DeLong, 1926
Reventazonia Linnavuori, 1959
Sanctanus Ball, 1932
Tideltellus Kramer, 1971
Unoka Lawson, 1928
Range
cosmopolitan
Habitat
grasslands
Food
grasses and sedges
Remarks
Understood to be monophyletic and closely related to Paralimnini, but further analysis must be done on member genera.
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by v belov on 1 October, 2011 - 10:01pm
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 15 January, 2024 - 5:00pm

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