Evacanthinae is a subfamily in the family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers).
Distribution
Members of Evacanthinae are found worldwide and are on every continent except for Antarctica.
Tribes and genera
There are five tribes in the subfamily, some of which were subfamilies of their own.
Balbillini
Erected by Baker in 1923. They are found in the Afrotropical and Indomalayan realms. Their colour is mostly dull, being yellowish to greyish in appearance.
Evacanthini
Erected by Metcalf in 1939. They are distributed across most of the Northern Hemisphere and into the Indomalayan realm.
- Apphia <small>Distant, 1918</small>
- Boundarus <small>Li & Wang, 1998</small>
- Bundera <small>Distant, 1908</small>
- Carinata <small>Li & Wang, 1992</small>
- Concavocorona <small>Wang & Zhang, 2014</small>
- Convexana <small>Li, 1994</small>
- Cunedda <small>Distant, 1918</small>
- Diramus <small>Wang & Zhang, 2013</small>
- Evacanthus <small>Le Peletier & Serville, 1825</small>
- Mainda <small>Distant, 1908</small>
- Mediporus <small>Wang & Zhang, 2015</small>
- Multiformis <small>Li & Li, 2012</small>
- Onukia <small>Matsumura, 1912</small>
- Onukiades <small>Ishihara, 1963</small>
- Onukindia <small>Viraktamath & Webb, 2018</small>
- Paraonukia <small>Ishihara, 1963</small>
- Parapythamus <small>Li & Li, 2011</small>
- Processus <small>Huang, 1992</small>
- Pythamus <small>Melichar, 1903</small>
- Pythochandra <small>Wei & Webb, 2014</small>
- Risefronta <small>Li & Wang, 2001</small>
- Riseveinus <small>Li, 1995</small>
- Shortcrowna <small>Li & Li, 2014</small>
- Simaonukia <small>Li & Li, 2017</small>
- Striatanus <small>Li & Wang, 1995</small>
- Subulatus <small>Yang & Zhang, 2001</small>
- Taperus <small>Li & Wang, 1994</small>
- Tengirhinus <small>Ishihara, 1953</small>
- Transvenosus <small>Wang & Zhang, 2015</small>
- Vangama <small>Distant, 1908</small>
Nirvanini
Erected by Baker in 1923. They are distributed mostly throughout the Southern Hemisphere, but species have spread globally. This tribe previously made up the subfamily Nirvaninae.
- Aequoreus <small>Huang, 1989</small>
- Afrokana <small>Heller, 1972</small>
- Afronirvana <small>Evans, 1955</small>
- Antillonirvana <small>Dietrich, 2004</small>
- Australnirvana <small>Wang, Dietrich & Zhang, 2016</small>
- Buloria <small>Distant, 1908</small>
- Carchariacephalus <small>Montrouzier, 1861</small>
- Chibchanirvana <small>Dietrich, 2004</small>
- Chudania <small>Distant, 1908</small>
- Concaveplana <small>Chen & Li, 1998</small>
- Convexfronta <small>Li, 1997</small>
- Crispina <small>Distant, 1918</small>
- Decursusnirvana <small>Gao, Dai & Zhang, 2014</small>
- Euronirvanella <small>Evans, 1966</small>
- Extensus <small>Huang, 1989</small>
- Jassonirvana <small>Baker, 1923</small>
- Jassosqualus <small>Kramer, 1964</small>
- Kana) <small>Distant, 1908</small>
- Kasunga <small>Linnavuori, 1979</small>
- Kosasia <small>Distant, 1910</small>
- Narecho <small>Jacobi, 1910</small>
- Neonirvana <small>Oman, 1936</small>
- Nirvana <small>Kirkaldy, 1900</small>
- Nirvanoides <small>Baker, 1923</small>
- Oniella <small>Matsumura, 1912</small>
- Ophiuchus <small>Ophiuchus</small>
- Pactana <small>Linnavuori, 1960</small>
- Pythonirvana <small>Baker, 1923</small>
- Sinonirvana <small>Gao, Dai & Zhang, 2014</small>
- Sophonia <small>Walker, F., 1870</small>
- Synogonia <small>Melichar, 1926</small>
- Tahura <small>Melichar, 1926</small>
- Tortor <small>Kirkaldy, 1907</small>
Pagaroniini
Erected by Anufriev in 1978.
Pentoffiini
Erected by Wang, Dietrich & Zhang, 2017.
Genera without placement.
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