Centrotinae

Centrotinae
Centrotus cornutus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Subfamily: Centrotinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Type genus
Centrotus
Fabricius, 1803

Centrotinae is a subfamily within the treehoppers (Membracidae) and is the largest and only subfamily with a worldwide distribution of species. There are nearly 1350 species placed in 216 genera. Species in the genus make use of a wide range of host plants belonging to 105 plant families with dominant ones being Leguminosae, Compositae, Solanaceae, and Euphorbiaceae. Most species have relationships with ants that tend them for honeydew. The Centrotinae typically have the posterior pronotal process not concealing the scutellum and the forewing has the clavus truncated at the apex and having a broad apical limbus. Exceptions in which the scutellum are partly concealed can be found both in the New and Old World.

Tribes and Genera

The subfamily Centrotinae includes 23 tribes and 11 basal genera. It also includes one species, Sinocentrus brevicornis that is not assigned to a genus.

Tribes

Centrotinae includes 23 tribes:

  1. Beaufortianini Wallace & Deitz, 2004
  2. Boccharini Wallace & Deitz, 2004
  3. Boocerini Goding, 1892
  4. Centrocharesini Goding, 1931
  5. Centrodontini Deitz, 1975
  6. Centrotini Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
  7. Centrotypini Haupt, 1929
  8. Choucentrini Yuan, 1988
  9. Ebhuloidesini Goding, 1931
  10. Gargarini Distant, 1908
  11. Hypsaucheniini Distant, 1908
  12. Leptobelini Yuan, 2002
  13. Leptocentrini Distant, 1908
  14. Lobocentrini Wallace & Deitz, 2004
  15. Maarbarini Wallace & Deitz, 2004
  16. Micreunini Distant, 1908
  17. Monobelini Wallace & Deitz, 2004
  18. Nessorhinini Deitz, 1975
  19. Oxyrhachini Distant, 1908
  20. Pieltainellini Wallace & Deitz, 2004
  21. Platycentrini Haupt, 1929
  22. Terentiini Haupt, 1929
  23. Xiphopoeini Capener, 1966

Genera

Centrotinae includes 11 genera that are not placed within a tribe.

  1. Aspasiana Distant, 1916
  2. Centrobelus Vilbaste, 1968
  3. Elaphiceps Buckton, 1903
  4. Insitor (treehopper) Distant, 1916
  5. Insitoroides Funkhouser, 1933
  6. Kaikaia Morris & Dietrich, 2020
  7. Megalocentrus Yuan, 2002
  8. Megaloschema (treehopper) Buckton, 1903
  9. Selenacentrus Morris & Dietrich, 2016
  10. Sinocentrus Yuan, 2002
  11. Tyrannotus Capener, 1968

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Ruitao; Feng, Leining; Dietrich, Christopher H.; Yuan, Xiangqun (2022). "Characterization, Comparison of Four New Mitogenomes of Centrotinae (Hemiptera: Membracidae) and Phylogenetic Implications Supports New Synonymy". Life. 12 (1): 61. Bibcode:2022Life...12...61Y. doi:10.3390/life12010061. ISSN 2075-1729. PMC 8777817. PMID 35054454.
  2. ↑ Cryan, Jason R.; Wiegmann, Brian M.; Deitz, Lewis L.; Dietrich, Christopher H. (2000). "Phylogeny of the Treehoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae): Evidence from Two Nuclear Genes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 17 (2): 317–334. doi:10.1006/mpev.2000.0832. PMID 11083944.
  3. ↑ Dietrich, C. H.; Mckamey, S. H.; Deitz, L. L. (2001). "Morphology-based phylogeny of the treehopper family Membracidae (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 26 (2): 213–239. Bibcode:2001SysEn..26..213D. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.2001.00140.x. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 84120872.
  4. ↑ "Centronodinae Deitz, 1975". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Centrotinae Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843". GBIF. Retrieved June 25, 2026.