Delphacidae

Delphacidae
Delphacidae nymph
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily:	Fulgoroidea
Family:	Delphacidae Leach, 1815
Subfamilies
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Delphacidae is a family of planthoppers containing about 2000 species, distributed worldwide. Delphacids are separated from other "hoppers" by the prominent spur on the tibia of the hindleg.

Diet and Pest species[]

All species are phytophagous, many occurring on various grasses. Some species are significant pests and important vectors for cereal pathogens; for example:

• The rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål)
• The white-backed planthopper (rice), Sogatella furcifera (Horváth, 1899)
• The sugarcane planthopper, Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy, 1903

Subfamilies, tribes and selected genera[]

Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web includes the following tribes and genera (complete lists where tribe unassigned):^[1]

Asiracinae[]

Auth.: Motschulsky, 1863

• Tribe Asiracini Motschulsky, 1863
• Tribe Eodelphacini Emeljanov, 1995
• Tribe Idiosystatini Emeljanov, 1995
• Tribe Neopunanini Emeljanov, 1995
• Tribe Platysystatini Emeljanov, 1995
• Tribe Tetrasteirini Emeljanov, 1995
• Tribe Ugyopini Fennah, 1979

Delphacinae[]

Auth.: Leach, 1815 - world-wide, selected genera:

• Tribe Delphacini Leach, 1815
  • Aloha Kirkaldy, 1904
  • Criomorphus Curtis, 1833
  • Delphacinus Fieber, 1866
  • Delphacodes Fieber, 1866 (synonym Delphax Latreille, 1807)
  • Javesella Fennah, 1963
  • Kakuna Matsumura, 1935
  • Megamelus Fieber, 1866
  • Metadelphax Wagner, 1963
  • Muellerianella Wagner, 1963
  • Muirodelphax Wagner, 1963
  • Nilaparvata Distant, 1906
  • Nothodelphax Fennah, 1963
  • Paraliburnia Jensen-Haarup, 1917
  • Prokelisia Osborn, 1905
  • Kirkaldy, 1904 - synonym Delphacodes Melichar, 1901
  • Sogatella Fennah, 1956
  • Toya Distant, 1906
  • Xanthodelphax Wagner, 1963^[2]
    

    Stenocranus minutus
• Tribe Saccharosydnini Vilbaste, 1968
  • (Remes Lenicov & Rossi Batiz) 2011
  • Neomalaxa Muir, 1918
  • Pseudomacrocorupha Muir, 1930
  • Saccharosydne Kirkaldy, 1907
• Tribe Tropidocephalini Muir, 1915
  • Tropidocephala Stål, 1853

Kelisiinae[]

Auth.: Wagner, 1963

• Anakelisia Wagner, 1963
• Kelisia Fieber, 1866

Plesiodelphacinae[]

Auth.: Asche, 1985 - neotropical

• Muir & Giffard, 1924
• Asche, 1985

Stenocraninae[]

Auth.: Wagner, 1963

• Stål, 1853
• Bartlett, 2010
• Bartlett, 2006
• Bartlett, 2006
• Yang, 1989
• Kirkaldy, 1907
• Stenocranus Fieber, 1866 - type genus
• Ribaut, 1934
• Bartlett, 2010
• Matsumura, 1915

Vizcayinae[]

Auth.: Asche, 1990 – SE Asia

• Liang, 2002
• Vizcaya Muir, 1917 - type genus

Subfamily not placed[]

• † Cockerell, 1924
• Matsumura, 1935
• Yang, 1989
• Matsumura, 1935
• Schumacher, 1915
• Ren & Qin, 2014
• Le Quesne, 1960
• Costa, 1862
• Fennah, 1963
• Unkana Matsumura, 1935

References[]

• Media related to Delphacidae at Wikimedia Commons