Hylicinae

Hylicinae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Hylicinae
Distant, 1908
Tribes

Hylicini
Melliolini
Sudrini

Hylicinae is a subfamily in the family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers).

Description

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Hylicine leafhoppers are moderately robust insects and are brownish to greyish in colouration. They feed on Dicotyledon trees and shrubs.[1]

Distribution

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

Tribes and genera

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There are three tribes in the subfamily.

Hylicini

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Erected by Distant in 1908.

Malmaemichungiini

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Erected by Metcalf in 1962. It is monotypic.

Sudrini

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Erected by Schmidt, E. in 1962.

References

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  1. ^ "Subfamily Hylicinae". 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. Retrieved May 5, 2020.