Lophopidae

Lophopidae
	Pitambara montana and frontal view of the face
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily:	Fulgoroidea
Family:	Lophopidae; Stål, 1866

Lophopidae is a family of fulgoroid plant-hoppers with most species found in tropical South America and Asia (two genera occur in Africa).^[2]

Characteristics

Most members of the family are characterized by the face being longer than wide with at least two lateral ridges (the median ridge/carina may be absent). The hind tibia can bear some spines, two to three (about four may be seen in the Eurybrachyidae). Lateral ocelli are present below the compound eye and slightly in front of it.^[3] The wings are broad and held somewhat flat and the wings are often patterned. The nymphs have two long tails and many members have slightly flattened front tibiae.^[4]^[5]

Subfamilies, tribes and genera

Two subfamilies are currently recognised; the Catalogue of Life and FLOW list:

Lophopinae

Auth.: Stål, 1866

Tribe Elasmoscelini Melichar, 1915 (Africa, Asia: Japan, Indo-China, Java)
- Elasmoscelis Spinola, 1839
Tribe Lophopini Stål, 1866 (Africa, Asia)
- Acothrura Melichar, 1915
- Corethrura Hope, 1843
- Katoma Baker, 1925
- Lacusa Stål, 1862
- Lophops Spinola, 1839 - type genus
- Paracorethrura Melichar, 1915
- Pitambara Distant, 1906
- Podoschtroumpfa Soulier-Perkins, 1998
- Pyrilla Stål, 1859
- Sarebasa Distant, 1909
- Serida Walker, 1857

Menoscinae

Auth.: Melichar, 1915; selected genera:

Tribe Acarnini Baker, 1925 (PNG, Australia)
- Acarna Stål, 1863
- Magia Distant, 1907
- Zophiuma Fennah, 1955
Tribe Carrioniini Emeljanov, 2013 (Central & South America: monotypic)
- Carrionia Muir, 1931
Tribe Menoscini Melichar, 1915 (Indo-China, Malesia)
- Menosca Stål, 1870
Tribe Virgiliini Emeljanov, 2013 (PNG, Philippines)
- Virgilia Stål, 1870

incertae sedis

- †Baninus Szwedo & Wappler, 2006
- Binaluana Soulier-Perkins & Stroinski, 2015 (Philippines)
- †Cintux Stroinski & Szwedo, 2012
- †Gesaris Szwedo, Stroinski & Lin, 2015
- Lacusa orientalis Liang, 2000 (S. China, Laos, Vietnam)
- †Ordralfabetix Szwedo, 2011
- Panegu Soulier-Perkins & Stroinski, 2016 (PNG)
- †Scoparidea Cockerell, 1920
- Silvispina Wang & Soulier-Perkins, 2016

References

^ Stål C. (1866) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. Hemiptera Africana, 4: 1-276.
^ FLOW: Lophopidae Stål, 1866 (retrieved 16 March 2022)
^ Soulier-Perkins, Adeline (2001). "The Phylogeny of the Lophopidae and the Impact of Sexual Selection and Coevolutionary Sexual Conflict". Cladistics. 17: 56–78. doi:10.1006/clad.2000.0152.
^ Soulier-Perkins, Adeline (1998). "The Lophopidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha): Description of three new genera and key to the genera of the family" (PDF). European Journal of Entomology. 95: 599–618.
^ Hamilton, K.G. Andrew (2011). "Making sense of Fulgoroidea (Hemiptera): new phylogenetic evidence". Cicadina. 12: 57–79.

External links

Media related to Lophopidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Lophopidae at Wikispecies

[1] Stål C. (1866) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. Hemiptera Africana, 4: 1-276.

[2] FLOW: Lophopidae Stål, 1866 (retrieved 16 March 2022)

[3] Soulier-Perkins, Adeline (2001). "The Phylogeny of the Lophopidae and the Impact of Sexual Selection and Coevolutionary Sexual Conflict". Cladistics. 17: 56–78. doi:10.1006/clad.2000.0152.

[4] Soulier-Perkins, Adeline (1998). "The Lophopidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha): Description of three new genera and key to the genera of the family" (PDF). European Journal of Entomology. 95: 599–618.

[5] Hamilton, K.G. Andrew (2011). "Making sense of Fulgoroidea (Hemiptera): new phylogenetic evidence". Cicadina. 12: 57–79.