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Subtribe

Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872

Habitus, dorsal view on Dwightlina McKamey, 2003 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Dwightla delongi, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Dwightlina McKamey, 2003 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Dwightla delongi, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Adamina Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Adama amalthusia, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Ianeirina Linnavuori, 1978 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Abimwa knighti, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Gannia viraktamathi, female, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Dwightlina McKamey, 2003 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Dwightla delongi, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Adamina Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Adama amalthusia, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Ianeirina Linnavuori, 1978 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Abimwa knighti, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Gannia viraktamathi, female, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Dwightlina McKamey, 2003 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Dwightla sp., face (MNHN). (Observation).
Head on Adamina Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Adama sp., face (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Ianeirina Linnavuori, 1978 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Abimwa knighti, face (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Selenocephalus planus, face (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Dwightlina McKamey, 2003 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Dwightla delongi, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Adamina Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Adama amalthusia, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Ianeirina Linnavuori, 1978 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Abimwa knighti, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Gannia viraktamathi, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Dwightlina McKamey, 2003 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Dwightla delongi, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Adamina Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Adama amalthusia, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Ianeirina Linnavuori, 1978 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Abimwa knighti, segment X, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Gannia viraktamathi, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Dwightlina McKamey, 2003 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Dwightla delongi, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Adamina Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Adama amalthusia, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Ianeirina Linnavuori, 1978 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Abimwa knighti, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Gannia viraktamathi, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Dwightlina McKamey, 2003 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Dwightla delongi, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Adamina Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Adama amalthusia, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Ianeirina Linnavuori, 1978 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Abimwa knighti, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Gannia viraktamathi, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Dwightlina McKamey, 2003 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Dwightla delongi, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Ianeirina Linnavuori, 1978 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Abimwa knighti, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Gannia viraktamathi, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Adamina Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Adama amalthusia, connective, stylus and pseudostyles (=processes), ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Dwightlina McKamey, 2003 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Dwightla delongi, stylus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Dwightlina McKamey, 2003 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Dwightla delongi, connective, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Ianeirina Linnavuori, 1978 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Abimwa knighti, connective, stylus, and aedeagus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Gannia viraktamathi, connective, stylus, and aedeagus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Adamina Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Adama sp., 1st valvula (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Adamina Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Adama sp., 2nd valvula (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Adamina Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Adama sp., 1st valvula dorsal sculpturing (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Ianeirina Linnavuori, 1978 now Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Abimwa knighti, sternite VII (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872: Gannia viraktamathi, female sternite VII, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (25)

  • Selenocephalidae Fieber, 1872a: 10.

    type genus Selenocephalus Germar, 1833

  • Selenocephalaria Fieber, 1872 in Distant, 1908g: 290.
  • Dwightlini McKamey, 2003 (subjective synonym of Selenocephalidae Fieber, 1872) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 31.
  • Ianeirini Linnavuori, 1978 (subjective synonym of Selenocephalidae Fieber, 1872) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 31.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Fieber, F.X. (1872a) Katalog der europäischen Cicadinen, nach Originalien mit Benützung der neuesten Literatur. Carl Gerold's Sohn. Wein, iv + 19 pp.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1983c) Classification, morphology and phylogeny of the family Cicadellidae (Rhynchota: Homoptera). In W.J. Knight, N.C. Pant, T.S. Robertson, & M.R. Wilson (Eds.). Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Biotaxonomy, Classification and Biology of Leafhoppers and Planthoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) of Economic Importance. London, 4-7 October 1982. Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, London. pp. 15–37. [500 pp.]
  • Haupt, H. (1929c) Neueinteilung der Homoptera-Cicadina nach phylogenetisch zu wertended Merkmalen. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere, 58, 173–286.
  • Haupt, H. (1935a) Unterordnung: Gleichflügler, Homóptera. In Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas. Ein Handbuch zu ihrer Bestimmung als Grundlage für faunistisch-zoogeographische Arbeiten. Unter Mitwirkung hervorragender Fachleute herausgegeben von P. Brohmer, P. Ehrmann und G. Ulmer. Vol. 4, Issue 3, pp. 115–221.
  • Linnavuori, R.E. & Al-Ne'amy, K.T. (1983a) Revision of the African Cicadellidae (subfamily Selenocephalinae) (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Acta Zoologica Fennica, 168, 1–105.
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1978a) Revision of the African Cicadellidae (subfamilies Nioniinae, Signoretiinae and Drabescinae) (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Annales Entomologici Fennici, 44(2), 33–48.
  • McKamey, S.H. (2003b) Some new generic names in the Cicadellidae (Hemiptera: Deltocephalinae, Selenocephalinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 105(2), 447–451.
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45
  • Zahniser, J.N., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y.-H., Dmitriev, D.A. & Pinedo-Escatel, J.A. (2026) New tribal placements, reinstatements and synonymies in the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1035, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1035.3171

Type

type genus of Selenocephalina Fieber, 1872

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subtribe101112
Genus2301639
Subgenus4026
Species2280109337
Subspecies402125