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Tribe Opsiini

Japanese Maple Leafhopper - Japananus hyalinus

Indistinct leafhopper kind of like macrosteles - Neoaliturus tenellus

Leafhopper ~0.5cm - Neoaliturus tenellus

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 Opsiini

Explanation of Names

Opsiini Emeljanov 1962

Numbers

TBA spp. in 6 genera of 2 subtribes in our area, >300 spp. in 36 genera total, all in 4 subtribes(1)

Range

cosmopolitan

Remarks

Kirkaldiella is endemic to Hawaii. Nesophrosyne is found in Hawaii

Works Cited

1.	Dmitriev D.A. (2003‒) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases

Contributed by v belov on 1 October, 2011 - 10:02pm
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 1 July, 2023 - 9:54pm

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