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Aphaeninae

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

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. The tribe Enchophorini, previously placed here, has been raised to a subfamily.

Tribes and genera

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

Aphaenini

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

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

Benamatapini

Auth.: Lallemand, 1959 (central Africa)

  1. Benamatapa <small>Distant, 1899</small>

Limoisini

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

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

Pyropsini

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

  1. Datua <small>Schmidt, 1911</small>
  2. Hariola <small>Stål, 1863</small>
  3. Pyrops <small>Spinola, 1839</small> (previously Laternaria, the genus may be incertae sedis by some authorities)
  4. Saiva <small>Distant, 1906</small>

Incertae sedis

  1. Bhaskaraena <small>Constant, 2016</small> (Malesia)
  2. Birdantis <small>Stål, 1863</small>
  3. Neoalcathous <small>Wang & Huang, 1989</small> (China, Vietnam)

Genera formerly placed here

  • Hellerides <small>Lallemand, 1963</small> is a junior synonym of Zophiuma <small>Fennah, 1955</small> in the Lophopidae.
  • Flatolystra <small>Nast, 1950</small> (South America) now incertae sedis

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

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

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