Pentastirini

Pentastirini
Xenoliarus placitus, Oklahoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Cixiidae
Subfamily: Cixiinae
Tribe: Pentastirini
Emeljanov, 1971

Pentastirini is a tribe of cixiid planthoppers in the family Cixiidae. There are more than 50 genera and 730 described species in Pentastirini, found on every continent except Antarctica.

Oliaridus, Oklahoma

Genera

These 59 genera belong to the tribe Pentastirini:

References

  1. ↑ "BugGuide.net, Pentastirini tribe Information". Retrieved 2025-04-18.
  2. 1 2 Dmitriev, D.A. (2025). "World Auchenorrhyncha Database". Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  3. ↑ Hendrix, S.V.; Bartlett, C.R. (2025). "Reclassification of the Planthopper Genus Melanoliarus Fennah, 1945 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), primarily North of Mexico, with Notes on American Pentastirini". Zootaxa. 5619. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5619.1.1. Retrieved 2025-03-02.