Amyclinae

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Amyclinae
Amycle tumacacoriae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
Family: Fulgoridae
Subfamily: Amyclinae
Metcalf, 1938

The Amyclinae are a subfamily of planthoppers in the Auchenorrhyncha, whose Basionym was first used by Zeno Payne Metcalf in 1938.[1] The recorded distribution is the Americas, Africa, Malesia and Australia.[2]

Genera[edit]

The subfamily contains a single tribe – the Amyclini – which currently (2022) contains 18 species in the following genera:[2]

  1. Alcathous Stål, 1863
  2. Amycle Stål, 1861
  3. Druentia Stål, 1866
  4. Pseudoamycle Campodonico & Fierro, 2019
  5. Rhabdocephala Van Duzee, 1929
  6. Samsama Distant, 1906 (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra: 1 sp. S. chersonesia)
  7. Scolopsella Ball, 1905
incertae sedis
  1. Antsalovasia Constant, 2004

References[edit]

  1. ^ Metcalf ZP (1938) The Fulgorina of Barro Colorado and other parts of Panama. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass 82: 277-423 [343].
  2. ^ a b Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Subfamily Amyclinae Metcalf, 1938 (retrieved 31 January 2023)

External links[edit]

  • Data related to Amyclinae at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Amyclini at Wikimedia Commons