Aphrodinae

Aphrodinae
Anoscopus albifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Aphrodinae
Haupt, 1927

Aphrodinae is a subfamily of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae, containing three tribes.[1][2]

Genera

The following genera belong to three tribes:[1]

Aphrodini Haupt, 1927 [1859]
  1. Anoscopus Kirschbaum, 1858 c g b
  2. Aphrodes Curtis, 1833 c g b
  3. Planaphrodes Hamilton, 1975 c g b
  4. Stroggylocephalus Flor, 1861 c g b
Sagmatiini Hamilton, 1999

Previously placed in the obsolete subfamily Euacanthellinae this tribe contained genera native to Australia and New Caledonia has a single undescribed species of uncertain generic placement. A monotypic genus Paulianiana endemic to Madagascar is now placed incertae sedis in the Ledrinae.

  1. Myerslopella Evans, 1977
  2. Sagmation Hamilton, 1999
Xestocephalini Baker, 1915
  1. Aloxestocephalus Evans, 1973
  2. Brevaphrodella Dietrich & Gonçalves, 2014
  3. Matsumurana Distant, 1917
  4. Myrmecophryne Kirkaldy, 1906
  5. Ootacamundus Distant, 1918
  6. Xestocephalites Dietrich & Gonçalves, 2014
  7. Xestocephalus Van Duzee, 1892
Incertae sedis
  • Rovnoxestus Dietrich, Dmitriev & Perkovsky, 2021
  • Acocephalus Scudder, 1878

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

References

  1. ^ a b World Auchenorrhyncha Database: subfamily Aphrodinae Haupt, 1927 (retrieved 23 December 2025)
  2. ^ "Aphrodinae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  6. ^ "Aphrodinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.

Further reading

  • Media related to Aphrodinae at Wikimedia Commons