The Dichopterinae are a sub-family of planthoppers, now placed in the Fulgoridae, erected by Leopold Melichar in 1912.[1] The recorded distribution is: South America, Africa, Europe (German fossil species) and Asia through to Borneo.[2]

Dichopterinae
Dichoptera hyalinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
Family: Fulgoridae
Subfamily: Dichopterinae
Melichar, 1912

Tribes and Genera

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Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web[2] lists:

Cladodipterini

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Authority: Metcalf, 1938 (South America)

  1. Cladodiptera Spinola, 1839
  2. Diacira Walker, 1858
  3. Sclerodepsa Emeljanov, 2011

Dichopterini

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Authority: Melichar, 1912

  1. Dichoptera Spinola, 1839 (type genus - Asia)
  2. Wedelphus Szwedo & Wappler, 2006 (Germany)

Dorysarthrini

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Authority: Emeljanov, 1979

  1. Dorysarthrus Puton, 1895 (Africa, Middle East)
  2. Pibrocha Kirkaldy, 1902 (Sri Lanka, Thailand)

Protachilini

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Authority: Emeljanov, 2013 (South America)

  1. Protachilus – monotypic P. rex Fennah, 1944

References

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  1. ^ Melichar L (1912) Monographie der Dictyophorinen (Homoptera). Abhandlungen der K. K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. Wien 7(1): 1-221 [15].
  2. ^ a b FLOW: Dichopterinae Melichar, 1912 (retrieved 3 February 2023)
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