Eupelicini

Eupelicini
Eupelix cuspidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Eupelicini
Sahlberg, 1871
Subtribes

4, see text.

Eupelicini is a tribe of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae. Eupelicini is divided into four subtribes, containg genera found in Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Pacific.[1][2]

Genera

There are currently (2025) four subtribes (2 monogeneric):[1]

Subtribe Drakensbergenina Linnavuori, 1979
Subtribe Eupelicina Sahlberg, 1871
Subtribe Paradorydiina Evans, 1936[3]
  • Afralycisca Kocak, 1981
  • Chloropelix Lindberg, 1936
  • Mapochia Distant, 1910
  • Mapochiella Evans, 1966
  • Paradorydium Kirkaldy, 1901
  • Sectoculus Morrison, 1973
Subtribe Stenometopiina Baker, 1923

References

  1. ^ a b World Auchenorrhyncha Database: tribe Eupelicini Sahlberg, 1871 (retrieved 31 December 2025)
  2. ^ Zahniser, James N; Dietrich, Chris (2013-05-29). "A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)" (PDF). European Journal of Taxonomy (45). doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.45. ISSN 2118-9773.
  3. ^ Gnezdilov, V.M. (2019-06-13). "Leafhoppers of the subtribe Paradorydiina Evans (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) in the United Arab Emirates". Zoosystematica Rossica. 28 (1): 155–162. doi:10.31610/zsr/2019.28.1.155. ISSN 2410-0226. S2CID 198425916.
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