The Amyclinae are a subfamily of

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s in the

Auchenorrhyncha The Auchenorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains most of the familiar members of what was called the "Homoptera" – groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs. The aphids and scale insects are the ot ...

, whose

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was first used by

Zeno Payne Metcalf Zeno Payne Metcalf (1885, Lakeville, Ohio – 1956, Raleigh, North Carolina) was an American entomologist specialising in Auchenorrhyncha. Education Metcalf, born in Lakeville, Ohio, was educated at Ohio State University. He received his A.B. d ...

in 1938. 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 43 The recorded distribution is the

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, Africa,

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and Australia.''Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW)''
Subfamily Amyclinae Metcalf, 1938 (retrieved 31 January 2023)

Genera

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

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'' Stål, 1863 # '' Amycle'' Stål, 1861 # '' Druentia'' Stål, 1866 # '' Pseudoamycle'' Campodonico & Fierro, 2019 # '' Rhabdocephala'' Van Duzee, 1929 # '' Samsama'' Distant, 1906 (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra: 1 sp. ''S. chersonesia'') # '' Scolopsella'' Ball, 1905 ;''

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'' # '' Antsalovasia'' Constant, 2004

References

External links

* * {{taxonbar, from=Q29020781 Hemiptera subfamilies Hemiptera of Africa Hemiptera of Asia Hemiptera of South America Fulgoridae