Mileewinae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Subfamily: | Mileewinae Evans, 1947 |
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Mileewinae is a small subfamily in the family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers). It is closely related to Typhlocybinae and contains species that were previously part of Cicadellinae.
Description[]
Mileewinae leafhoppers are small, slender, and usually quite dark in colouration, with blue and yellow accents. They often rest with their wings unfolded, unlike most leafhoppers.[1]
Distribution[]
Members of the subfamily are found feeding on Dicotyledon herbs in the Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Neotropical, and realms.[2]
Tribes and genera[]
There are four tribes in the subfamily.
Makilingini[]
Erected by Evans in 1947. A monotypic tribe found in the Indomalayan realm.
- Baker, 1914
Mileewini[]
Erected by Evans in 1947. They are found throughout the entire range of the subfamily.
- Melichar, 1926
- Young, 1993
- Gebicki & Szwedo, 2001
- Distant, 1908
- Szwedo, 2019
- Ujna Distant, 1908
- Gebicki & Szwedo, 2001
Tinteromini[]
A monotypic tribe erected by Godoy & Webb in 1994.
- Godoy & Webb, 1994
Tungurahualini[]
Erected by Dietrich in 2011
- Dietrich, 2011
- Kramer, 1965
References[]
- ^ "Mileewinae". iNaturalist. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Subfamily Mileewinae". 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
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