| Centrotinae | |
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| Centrotus cornutus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Membracidae |
| Subfamily: | Centrotinae Amyot & Serville, 1843 |
| Type genus | |
| Centrotus Fabricius, 1803 | |
Centrotinae is a subfamily within the treehoppers (Membracidae) and is the largest and only subfamily with a worldwide distribution of species. There are nearly 1350 species placed in 216 genera. Species in the genus make use of a wide range of host plants belonging to 105 plant families with dominant ones being Leguminosae, Compositae, Solanaceae, and Euphorbiaceae. Most species have relationships with ants that tend them for honeydew. The Centrotinae typically have the posterior pronotal process not concealing the scutellum and the forewing has the clavus truncated at the apex and having a broad apical limbus. Exceptions in which the scutellum are partly concealed can be found both in the New and Old World.
Classification
A number of tribes are recognized within the subfamily including:
- Beaufortianini
- Boccharini
- Boocerini (New World)
- Centrocharesini
- Centrodontini (New World)
- Centrotini
- Centrotypini
- Choucentrini
- Ebhuloidesini
- Gargarini
- Hypsaucheniini
- Leptobelini
- Leptocentrini
- Lobocentrini
- Maarbarini
- Micreunini
- Monobelini (New World)
- Nessorhinini (New World)
- Oxyrhachini
- Pieltainellini (New World)
- Platycentrini (New World)
- Terentiini
- Xiphopoeini
A few genera are still unplaced and include:
- Aspasiana
- Centrobelus
- Elaphiceps
- Insitor
- Insitoroides
- Kaikaia
- Megalocentrus
- Megaloschema
- Selenacentrus
- Sinocentrus
- Tyrannotus
References
- Yu, Ruitao; Feng, Leining; Dietrich, Christopher H.; Yuan, Xiangqun (2022). "Characterization, Comparison of Four New Mitogenomes of Centrotinae (Hemiptera: Membracidae) and Phylogenetic Implications Supports New Synonymy". Life. 12 (1): 61. Bibcode:2022Life...12...61Y. doi:10.3390/life12010061. ISSN 2075-1729. PMC 8777817. PMID 35054454.
- Cryan, Jason R.; Wiegmann, Brian M.; Deitz, Lewis L.; Dietrich, Christopher H. (2000). "Phylogeny of the Treehoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae): Evidence from Two Nuclear Genes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 17 (2): 317–334. doi:10.1006/mpev.2000.0832. PMID 11083944.
- Dietrich, C. H.; Mckamey, S. H.; Deitz, L. L. (2001). "Morphology-based phylogeny of the treehopper family Membracidae (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 26 (2): 213–239. Bibcode:2001SysEn..26..213D. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.2001.00140.x. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 84120872.
External links
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