The Fulgorinae are a sub-family of insects 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 ...
: which include the spectacular "lantern-bugs" and allied
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...
s.
Tribes and genera
Nine genera are currently listed by the
NCBI
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is approved and funded by the government of the United States. The ...
, but molecular studies question the placement of genera in the
Zannini, even questioning whether they belong to the family
Fulgoridae
The family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, containing over 125 genera worldwide. They are mostly of moderate to large size, many with a superficial resemblance to Lepidoptera due t ...
. The
Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...
database
Hemiptera database (FLOW): Fulgorinae (retrieved 15/11/2017)
/ref> suggests that there may be 15 genera in this subfamily in three tribes:
Fulgorini
Auth.: Latreille, 1807 (central and southern America)
* ''Aphrodisias
Aphrodisias (; grc, Ἀφροδισιάς, Aphrodisiás) was a small ancient Greek Hellenistic city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Anatolia, Turkey. It is located near the modern village of Geyre, about east/inland from the ...
'' Kirkaldy, 1906
* ''Cathedra'' Kirkaldy, 1903 monotypic: '' Cathedra serrata''
* '' Diareusa'' Walker, 1858
* '' Fulgora'' Linné, 1767 (type genus)
* '' Odontoptera'' Carreno, 1841
* '' Phrictus'' Spinola, 1839
Flickr - ggallice - Fulgorid.jpg, '' Fulgora'' sp. (South America)
Cathedra serrata GLAM muséum Lille 2016.jpg, '' Cathedra serrata''
Diareusa spp. (23299729920).jpg, '' Diareusa'' sp.
Odontoptera carrenoi MHNTvol.jpg, '' Odontoptera carrenoi''
Flickr - ggallice - Hopper (1).jpg, '' Phrictus quinqueparitus''
Laternariini
Auth.: Distant, 1906 (tropical Asia)
* '' Datua'' Schmidt, 1911
* '' Hariola'' Stål, 1863
* ''Pyrops
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are ge ...
'' Spinola, 1839 (''incertae sedis'' by some authorities)
* ''Saiva
''Saiva'' is a genus of Asian planthoppers, family Fulgoridae. They are colourful insects, marked boldly in red, blue, white and black, with a prominent slender stalk like structure arising on the head that points upwards or forward. The known ...
'' Distant, 1906
Pyrops coelestinus.jpg, ''Pyrops
''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. The wings are ge ...
coelestinus'' (from southern Vietnam)
Saiva_gemmata_FBI.jpg, '' Saiva gemmata''
incertae sedis
' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...
* '' Sinuala'' O'Brien, 1991 (central America)
See also
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References
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Hemiptera subfamilies