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Menoscinae

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Menoscinae
Zophiuma butawengi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
Family: Lophopidae
Subfamily: Menoscinae
Melichar, 1915

The Menoscinae[1] are a subfamily of planthoppers in the family Lophopidae erected by Leopold Melichar in 1915. Most genera are recorded from SE Asia through to Australia, but the single genus in tribe Carrioniini is Neotropical.[2]

Tribes and Genera

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Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web[2] includes:

Acarnini

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Auth.: Baker, 1925 (New Guinea, Australia)

  1. Acarna Stål, 1863
  2. Jugoda Melichar, 1915
  3. Kasserota Distant, 1906
  4. Maana Soulier-Perkins, 1998
  5. Magia Distant, 1907
  6. Megacarna Baker, 1925
  7. Meloenopia Metcalf, 1952
  8. Onycta Fennah, 1955
  9. Zophiuma Fennah, 1955

Carrioniini

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Auth.: Emeljanov, 2013 (Central & South America: monotypic)

  1. Carrionia Muir, 1931

Menoscini

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Auth.: Melichar, 1915 (Indochina, Malesia)

  1. Aluma Distant, 1909
  2. Apia Distant, 1909
  3. Bisma Distant, 1906
  4. Epiptyxis Gerstaecker, 1895
  5. Lapithasa Melichar, 1914
  6. Menosca Stål, 1870
  7. Pseudocorethrura Melichar, 1915
  8. Pseudotyxis Soulier-Perkins, 1998
  9. Zeleja Melichar, 1915

Virgiliini

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Auth.: Emeljanov, 2013 (New Guinea, Philippines)

  1. Buxtoniella Muir, 1927
  2. Clonaspe Fennah, 1955
  3. Makota Distant, 1909
  4. Painella Muir, 1931
  5. Venisiella Stroinski & Soulier-Perkins, 2015
  6. Virgilia Stål, 1870

References

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  1. ^ Melichar L (1915) Monographie der Lophopinen. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. Budapest 13: 337-385 [373].
  2. ^ a b Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Menoscinae Melichar, 1915 (retrieved 13 March 2022)
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