The subfamily Aphaeninae is a group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, in the family Fulgoridae, or "lanternflies".

Aphaeninae
Aphaena submaculata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Subfamily: Aphaeninae
Blanchard, 1847
Tribes

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The future of the Aphaeninae as a subfamily is unclear since the taxa assigned to it do not form a monophyletic group in recent molecular analyses.[1][2] The tribe Enchophorini, previously placed here, has been raised to a subfamily.

Tribes and genera

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Recent research has resulted in the reclassification of the former tribe Enchophorini to a separate subfamily (e.g. [3]), while the tribe Pyropsini is now included here (e.g.,[4][5][6]).

Aphaenini

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Auth.: Blanchard, 1847 and Distant, 1906 (distribution: worldwide tropics)

  • Anecphora Karsch, 1890 (equatorial Africa)
  • Aphaena Guérin-Méneville, 1834 (type genus: Asia)
  • Calmar Kirkaldy, 1901 (Gambia)
  • Coelodictya Jacobi, 1910 (E. Africa)
  • Copidocephala Stål, 1869 (Central Americas)
  • Eddara Walker, 1858 (Sub-Saharan Africa)
  • Egregia Chew Kea Foo, Porion & Audibert, 2010 (Malesia)
  • Holodictya Gerstaecker, 1895 (Equatorial Africa)
  • Hypselometopum Stål, 1853 (Sub-Saharan Africa)
  • Kalidasa Kirkaldy, 1900 (India, Indo-China)
  • Lycorma Stål, 1863 (Asia: incl. invasive sp.)
  • Malfeytia Schmidt, 1905 (Congo basin)
  • Metaphaena Schmidt, 1905 (Central Africa)
  • Novodictya Lallemand, 1928 (Congo basin)
  • Omalocephala Spinola, 1839 (Africa, S. India, Sri Lanka)
  • Penthicodes Blanchard, 1845 (South-East Asia: esp. Indo-China & Malesia)
    • Species in the "artificial, heterogenous genus" Aphaenina Metcalf, 1947 are now synonyms of Penthicodes spp.[7]
  • Prolepta Walker, 1851 (Malesia)
  • Scamandra Stål, 1863[8] (Malesia)
  • Ulasia Stål, 1863 (PNG)

Benamatapini

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Auth.: Lallemand, 1959 (central Africa)

  1. Benamatapa Distant, 1899

Limoisini

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Auth.: Lallemand, 1963 (East Asian mainland, New Guinea, Australia)

  1. Bloeteanella Lallemand, 1959 (New Guinea)
  2. Erilla Distant, 1906
  3. Limois Stål, 1863 (Asia: esp. China) - type genus
  4. Neolieftinckana Lallemand, 1963 (New Guinea)
  5. Nisax Fennah, 1977
  6. Ombro Fennah, 1977
  7. Saramel Fennah, 1977 (New Guinea)

Pyropsini

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Auth.: Haupt, 1929 (tropical Asia) (Synonym: Laternariini Distant, 1906 - unavailable, suppressed by ICZN ruling)

  1. Datua Schmidt, 1911
  2. Hariola Stål, 1863
  3. Pyrops Spinola, 1839 (previously Laternaria, the genus may be incertae sedis by some authorities)
  4. Saiva Distant, 1906
  1. Bhaskaraena Constant, 2016 (Malesia)
  2. Birdantis Stål, 1863
  3. Neoalcathous Wang & Huang, 1989 (China, Vietnam)

Genera formerly placed here

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The following PNG/Australian genera were previously placed here, but are now in the Poiocerinae: tribe Poiocerini Haupt, 1929:

  • Desudaba Walker, 1858 (formerly in the tribe Aphaenini Schmidt, 1912)
  • Galela Distant, 1906 (formerly in the tribe Aphaenini Schmidt, 1912)
  • The type species of genus Apossoda, A. togoensis Schmidt, 1911, is now placed in Pyrgoteles: P. togoensis (Schmidt, 1911)[10]

References

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  1. ^ Urban, Julie M.; Cryan, Jason R. (2009). "Entomologically famous, evolutionarily unexplored: the first phylogeny of the lanternfly family Fulgoridae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 50 (3): 471–484. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.004. PMID 19118634.
  2. ^ "2010 Project Updates from the Cryan Lab" (PDF). University of Connecticut.
  3. ^ Constant, J. (2014). Revision of the Malagasy lanternfly genus Belbina Stål, 1863, with two new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae). European Journal of Taxonomy, (102). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.102
  4. ^ Constant, Jérôme & Pham, Thai. (2022). The Lanternfly genus Pyrops in Vietnam: A new species from Central Vietnam, taxonomic changes, checklist, identification key (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 813. 123-154. 10.5852/ejt.2022.813.1741.
  5. ^ Jiaranaisakul, Kawin & Constant, Jérôme & Pinkaew, Nantasak. (2024). Review of the lanternfly genus Pyrops of Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) with notes and keys to species. Zootaxa. 5397. 47-79. 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.1.3.
  6. ^ World Auchenorrhyncha Database: Aphaeninae
  7. ^ Constant, Jerome (2010). "The lanternfly genus Penthicodes: key to the species and review of the "Ereosoma group" with two new species and one new subspecies (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)". Zootaxa. 2523: 1–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2523.1.1. Abstract
  8. ^ Constant, Jerome (2013). "The Oriental lanternfly genus Scamandra: new species and taxonomical notes (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)". Zootaxa. 3709 (2): 134–148. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3709.2.2. PMID 26240901.
  9. ^ Liang, Ai-Ping (1995). "Taxonomic changes in oriental Fulgoroidea (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 103 (2): 162–164. JSTOR 25010151.
  10. ^ Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (retrieved 26 June 2018)
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