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Hylicinae

Subfamily of leafhoppers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Hylicinae is a subfamily in the family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers).

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Description

Hylicine leafhoppers are moderately robust insects and are brownish to greyish in colouration. They feed on Dicotyledon trees and shrubs.[1]

Distribution

This subfamily is mostly confined to the Afrotropical and Indomalayan regions.

Tribes and genera

There are three tribes in the subfamily.

Hylicini

Erected by Distant in 1908.

  • Assiringia Distant, 1908
  • Hylica Stål, 1863
  • Traiguma Distant, 1908
  • Wolfella Spinola, 1850

Malmaemichungiini

Erected by Metcalf in 1962. It is monotypic.

  • Melliola Hedicke, 1923

Sudrini

Erected by Schmidt, E. in 1962.

  • Balala Distant, 1908
  • Hatigoria Distant, 1908
  • Hemisudra Schmidt, E., 1911
  • Kalasha Distant, 1908
  • Karasekia Melichar, 1912
  • Nacolus Jacobi, 1914
  • Parasudra Schmidt, E., 1909
  • Pseudosudra Schmidt, E., 1920
  • Sudra Distant, 1908

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