Hylicinae
| Hylicinae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Subfamily: | Hylicinae Distant, 1908 |
| Tribes | |
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Hylicinae is a subfamily in the family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers).
Description[]
Hylicine leafhoppers are moderately robust insects and are brownish to greyish in colouration. They feed on Dicotyledon trees and shrubs.[1]
Distribution[]
This subfamily is mostly confined to the Afrotropical and Indomalayan regions.
Tribes and genera[]
There are three tribes in the subfamily.
Hylicini[]
Erected by Distant in 1908.
- Distant, 1908
- Stål, 1863
- Distant, 1908
- Spinola, 1850
Malmaemichungiini[]
Erected by Metcalf in 1962. It is monotypic.
- Hedicke, 1923
Sudrini[]
Erected by Schmidt, E. in 1962.
- Distant, 1908
- Distant, 1908
- Schmidt, E., 1911
- Distant, 1908
- Melichar, 1912
- Jacobi, 1914
- Schmidt, E., 1909
- Schmidt, E., 1920
- Distant, 1908
References[]
- ^ "Subfamily Hylicinae". 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
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