Hylicinae


Hylicinae is a subfamily in the family Cicadellidae.

Description

Hylicine leafhoppers are moderately robust insects and are brownish to greyish in colouration. They feed on Dicotyledon trees and shrubs.

Distribution

This subfamily is mostly confined to the Afrotropical and Indomalayan regions.

Tribes and genera

There are three tribes in the subfamily.

Hylicini

Erected by Distant in 1908.Assiringia Distant, 1908Hylica Stål, 1863Traiguma Distant, 1908Wolfella Spinola, 1850

Malmaemichungiini

Erected by Metcalf in 1962. It is monotypic.Melliola Hedicke, 1923

Sudrini

Erected by Schmidt, E. in 1962.Balala Distant, 1908Hatigoria Distant, 1908Hemisudra Schmidt, E., 1911 Kalasha Distant, 1908Karasekia Melichar, 1912Nacolus Jacobi, 1914Parasudra Schmidt, E., 1909Pseudosudra Schmidt, E., 1920 Sudra Distant, 1908