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Tribe Pentastirini

Cixiidae - dorsal - Melanoliarus Planthopper - Melanoliarus wTX hopper - Melanoliarus aridus UDCC_TCN 00101651D - Melanoliarus arizonensis - female UDCC_TCN 00101486A - Melanoliarus forcipatus - male UDCC_TCN 00101486B - Melanoliarus forcipatus - male UDCC_TCN 00101765 - Melanoliarus kieferi - male UDCC_TCN 00102598 - Melanoliarus difficilis - male
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 Cixiidae (Cixiid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Cixiinae
Tribe Pentastirini
Other Common Names
"Oliarids"
Explanation of Names
Pentastirini Emeljanov 1971
Numbers
~55 spp. in 4 genera in our area (most in Melanoliarus)(1)
Melanoliarus Fennah, 1945
Oliaronus Ball, 1934
Pentastiridius Kirschbaum, 1868
Reptalus Emeljanov, 1971