Delphacidae is a family of
planthoppers containing about 2000 species, distributed worldwide. Delphacids are separated from other "hoppers" by the prominent spur on the
tibia
The tibia (; ), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects ...
of the hindleg.
Diet and Pest species
All species are
phytophagous
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, many occurring on various
grass
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es. Some species are significant pests and important vectors for
cereal pathogen
In biology, a pathogen ( el, πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ ...
s; for example:
* The rice brown planthopper, ''
Nilaparvata lugens'' (Stål)
* The white-backed planthopper (rice), ''
Sogatella furcifera'' (Horváth, 1899)
* The sugarcane planthopper, ''
Perkinsiella saccharicida'' Kirkaldy, 1903
Subfamilies, tribes and selected genera
''Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web'' includes the following
tribes
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and genera (complete lists where tribe unassigned):
Asiracinae
Auth.: Motschulsky, 1863
* Tribe Asiracini Motschulsky, 1863
* Tribe Eodelphacini Emeljanov, 1995
* Tribe Idiosystatini Emeljanov, 1995
* Tribe Neopunanini Emeljanov, 1995
* Tribe Platysystatini Emeljanov, 1995
* Tribe Tetrasteirini Emeljanov, 1995
* Tribe Ugyopini Fennah, 1979
Delphacinae
DelphacinaeLeach WE (1815) In: Brewster D d."Entomology". ''The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, vol. 9'', 57-172. is a subfamily of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae. There are at least 1,700 described species in Delphacinae.Bartlett C, ...
Auth.: Leach, 1815 - world-wide, selected genera:
* Tribe Delphacini Leach, 1815
** ''
Aloha'' Kirkaldy, 1904
** ''
Criomorphus'' Curtis, 1833
** ''
Delphacinus'' Fieber, 1866
** ''
Delphacodes'' Fieber, 1866 (synonym ''Delphax'' Latreille, 1807)
** ''
Javesella'' Fennah, 1963
** ''
Kakuna Kakuna may refer to:
* Kakuna (Pokémon), a generation I Pokémon
* Kakuna, Estonia, a village in Saaremaa
* ''Kakuna'' (planthopper), a genus in the family Delphacidae
{{disambiguation ...
'' Matsumura, 1935
** ''
Megamelus'' Fieber, 1866
** ''
Metadelphax'' Wagner, 1963
** ''
Muellerianella'' Wagner, 1963
** ''
Muirodelphax'' Wagner, 1963
** ''
Nilaparvata'' Distant, 1906
** ''
Nothodelphax'' Fennah, 1963
** ''
Paraliburnia'' Jensen-Haarup, 1917
** ''
Prokelisia'' Osborn, 1905
** ''
Pseudaraeopus'' Kirkaldy, 1904 - synonym ''
Delphacodes'' Melichar, 1901
** ''
Sogatella'' Fennah, 1956
** ''
Toya'' Distant, 1906
** ''
Xanthodelphax'' Wagner, 1963
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* Tribe Saccharosydnini Vilbaste, 1968
**''
Lacertinella'' (Remes Lenicov & Rossi Batiz) 2011
**''Neomalaxa'' Muir, 1918
**''Pseudomacrocorupha'' Muir, 1930
**''
Saccharosydne'' Kirkaldy, 1907
* Tribe Tropidocephalini Muir, 1915
** ''
Tropidocephala'' Stål, 1853
Kelisiinae
Auth.: Wagner, 1963
* ''
Anakelisia'' Wagner, 1963
* ''
Kelisia'' Fieber, 1866
Plesiodelphacinae
Auth.: Asche, 1985 - neotropical
* ''
Burnilia'' Muir & Giffard, 1924
* ''
Plesiodelphax'' Asche, 1985
Stenocraninae
Auth.: Wagner, 1963
* ''
Embolophora'' Stål, 1853
* ''
Frameus'' Bartlett, 2010
*''
Kelisicranus'' Bartlett, 2006
* ''
Obtusicranus'' Bartlett, 2006
* ''
Preterkelisia'' Yang, 1989
* ''
Proterosydne'' Kirkaldy, 1907
* ''
Stenocranus'' Fieber, 1866 - type genus
* ''
Stenokelisia'' Ribaut, 1934
* ''
Tanycranus'' Bartlett, 2010
* ''
Terauchiana'' Matsumura, 1915
Vizcayinae
Auth.: Asche, 1990 – SE Asia
* ''
Neovizcaya'' Liang, 2002
* ''
Vizcaya'' Muir, 1917 - type genus
Subfamily not placed
* †''
Amagua'' Cockerell, 1924
* ''
Epunka'' Matsumura, 1935
* ''
Eunycheuma'' Yang, 1989
* ''
Hikona'' Matsumura, 1935
* ''
Jugodina'' Schumacher, 1915
* ''
Lauriana'' Ren & Qin, 2014
* ''
Megamelodes'' Le Quesne, 1960
* ''
Nephropsia'' Costa, 1862
* ''
Sogatodes'' Fennah, 1963
* ''
Unkana
''Unkana'' is a genus of grass skippers, grass skipper in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm.
Species
*''Unkana ambasa'' (Moore, 858
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Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – King Louis the German, summoned by the disaffected Frankish ...
**''U. a. ambasa'' Sumatra, Malaya, Philippines, Java
**''U. a. attina ...
'' Matsumura, 1935
References
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Fulgoromorpha
Auchenorrhyncha families