Lophopidae is a family of
fulgoroid plant-hoppers with most species found in tropical South America and Asia (two genera occur in Africa).
Characteristics
Most members of the family are characterized by the face being longer than wide with at least two lateral ridges (the median ridge/carina may be absent). The hind tibia can bear some spines, two to three (about four may be seen in the
Eurybrachyidae). Lateral
ocelli are present below the compound eye and slightly in front of it. The wings are broad and held somewhat flat and the wings are often patterned. The nymphs have two long tails and many members have slightly flattened front tibiae.
Subfamilies, tribes and genera
Two subfamilies are currently recognised; the
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic Info ...
and FLOW list:
Lophopinae
Auth.: Stål, 1866
* Tribe Elasmoscelini Melichar, 1915 (Africa, Asia: Japan, Indo-China, Java)
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Elasmoscelis'' Spinola, 1839
* Tribe Lophopini Stål, 1866 (Africa, Asia)
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Acothrura'' Melichar, 1915
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Corethrura'' Hope, 1843
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Katoma'' Baker, 1925
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Lacusa'' Stål, 1862
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Lophops'' Spinola, 1839 - type genus
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Paracorethrura'' Melichar, 1915
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Pitambara'' Distant, 1906
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Podoschtroumpfa'' Soulier-Perkins, 1998
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Pyrilla
''Pyrilla''Stål C (1859) ''Novae quaedam Fulgorinorum formae speciesque insigniores. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin'' 3: 313-327 26 is a genus of Hemiptera, bugs in the subfamily Lophopinae and tribe Lophopini.
Species are dist ...
'' Stål, 1859
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Sarebasa'' Distant, 1909
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Serida'' Walker, 1857
Menoscinae
The MenoscinaeMelichar L (1915) Monographie der Lophopinen. ''Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. '' Budapest 13: 337-385 73 are a subfamily of planthoppers in the family Lophopidae erected by Leopold Melichar in 1915. Mos ...
Auth.: Melichar, 1915; selected genera:
* Tribe Acarnini Baker, 1925 (PNG, Australia)
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Acarna'' Stål, 1863
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Magia
''Magia''Distant WL (1907) Rhynchotal notes xli. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. London. (Ser. 7) 19: 277-295. is a genus of Australian planthoppers in the tribe Acarnini, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1907.
Species
''Fulgoromorpha ...
'' Distant, 1907
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Zophiuma
''Zophiuma''Fennah RG (1955) New and little-known Lophopidae and Issidae from Australasia (Homoptera : Fulgoroidea). ''Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London.'' 24(9-10): 165-173 70 is a genus of planthoppers in the tribe Acar ...
'' Fennah, 1955
* Tribe Carrioniini Emeljanov, 2013 (Central & South America: monotypic)
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Carrionia'' Muir, 1931
* Tribe Menoscini Melichar, 1915 (Indo-China, Malesia)
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Menosca'' Stål, 1870
* Tribe Virgiliini Emeljanov, 2013 (PNG, Philippines)
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Virgilia
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Origins
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'' Stål, 1870
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Baninus'' Szwedo & Wappler, 2006
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Binaluana'' Soulier-Perkins & Stroinski, 2015 (Philippines)
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Cintux'' Stroinski & Szwedo, 2012
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Gesaris'' Szwedo, Stroinski & Lin, 2015
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Lacusa orientalis'' Liang, 2000 (S. China, Laos, Vietnam)
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Ordralfabetix'' Szwedo, 2011
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Panegu'' Soulier-Perkins & Stroinski, 2016 (PNG)
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Scoparidea'' Cockerell, 1920
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Silvispina'' Wang & Soulier-Perkins, 2016
References
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Auchenorrhyncha families
Fulgoromorpha