Smiliinae

Smiliinae
Acutalis tartarea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Smiliinae
Stål, 1866

Smiliinae is a subfamily of treehoppers in the family Membracidae. These are bugs and include about 100 genera (and 4 unorganized genera) in 10 tribes, most which are found in the Americas, with the exception of the tribe Ceresini which has Palaearctic representatives.

Tribes and genera

These genera belong to the subfamily Smiliinae:

incertae sedis
  1. Antianthe Fowler, 1895
  2. Hemicardiacus Plummer, 1945
  3. Smilirhexia McKamey, 2008
  4. Tropidarnis Fowler, 1894

Acutalini

Authority: Fowler, 1895

  1. Acutalis Fairmaire, 1846
  2. Bordoniana Sakakibara, 1999
  3. Cornutalis Sakakibara, 1998
  4. Euritea Stål, 1867
  5. Thrasymedes Kirkaldy, 1904
Amastrini Goding, 1926
  1. Amastris Stål, 1862
  2. Aurimastris Evangelista and Sakakibara, 2007
  3. Bajulata Ball, 1933
  4. Erosne Stål, 1867
  5. Harmonides Kirkaldy, 1902
  6. Hygris Stål, 1862
  7. Idioderma Van Duzee, 1909
  8. Lallemandia Funkhouser, 1922
  9. Neotynelia Creão-Duarte and Sakakibara, 2000
  10. Tynelia Stål, 1858
  11. Vanduzea Goding, 1892

Ceresini

Authority: Goding, 1892

  1. Amblyophallus Kopp and Yonke, 1979
  2. Anisostylus Caldwell, 1949
  3. Antonae Stål, 1867
  4. Ceresa Amyot and Serville, 1843
  5. Clepsydrius Fowler, 1895
  6. Cyphonia Laporte, 1832
  7. Eucyphonia Sakakibara, 1968
  8. Hadrophallus Kopp and Yonke, 1979
  9. Ilithucia Stål, 1867
  10. Melusinella Metcalf, 1965
  11. Paraceresa Kopp and Yonke, 1979
  12. Parantonae Fowler, 1895
  13. Poppea Stål, 1867
  14. Proxolonia Sakakibara, 1969
  15. Spissistilus Caldwell, 1949
  16. Stictocephala Stål, 1869
  17. Stictolobus Metcalf, 1916
  18. Tapinolobus Sakakibara, 1969
  19. Tortistilus Caldwell, 1949
  20. Trichaetipyga Caldwell, 1949
  21. Vestistiloides Andrade, 2003
  22. Vestistilus Caldwell, 1949

Micrutalini

Authority: Haupt, 1929

  1. Micrutalis Fowler, 1895
  2. Trachytalis Fowler, 1895

Polyglyptini

Authority: Goding, 1892

  1. Adippe Stål, 1867
  2. Aphetea Fowler, 1895
  3. Bilimekia Fowler, 1895
  4. Bryantopsis Ball, 1937
  5. Creonus Sakakibara, 1996
  6. Dioclophara Kirkaldy, 1904
  7. Ennya Stål, 1866
  8. Entylia Germar, 1833
  9. Gelastogonia Kirkaldy, 1904
  10. Hemiptycha Germar, 1833
  11. Heranice Stål, 1867
  12. Maturnaria Metcalf, 1952
  13. Membracidoidea Goding, 1929
  14. Mendicea Goding, 1926
  15. Metheisa Fowler, 1896
  16. Notogonioides McKamey, 1997
  17. Paraphetea Sakakibara and Creão-Duarte, 2000
  18. Phormophora Stål, 1869
  19. Polyglypta Burmeister, 1835
  20. Polyglyptodes Fowler, 1895
  21. Publilia Stål, 1866
  22. Ramedia Creão-Duarte and Sakakibara, 1989
  23. Sturmella Spinola, 1850

References

  1. ↑ Bugguide.net: Smiliinae (retrieved 20 October 2018)
  2. 1 2 World Auchenorrhyncha Database (retrieved 13 January 2025)
  3. ↑ McKamey, S. H. (2008). A new genus, Smilirhexia, of Smiliini (Hemiptera, Membracidae) from Costa Rica. — ZooKeys, 3, 51−55.
  4. ↑ Gabriel Simões de Andrade (2004) As espécies do gênero Ceresa Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Membracidae). — Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. vol.21 no.4 Curitiba Dec. 2004
  5. ↑ Sakakibara AM (1968) Revisão das espécies do gênero Cyphonia Laporte (Homoptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae). — Studia Entomol. 11(1-4):417-476.
  6. ↑ Treehoppers.insectmuseum cf. link to Lepidopteran
  7. ↑ Sakakibara AM (1999) A synopsis of the tribe Micrutalini Haupt (Homoptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae). — Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 16, (Supl. 1), 193–220.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Bantock, T.; Botting, J. (2013). "British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  • Rothschild, M.J. (2012). "A checklist of the Membracidae of Florida" (PDF). Florida State Collection of Arthropods. Archived from the original on 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2025-12-27.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)