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Tribe of true bugs

Macrostelini
Macrosteles horvathi from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Macrostelini
Kirkaldy, 1906
Genera

37, see text

Synonyms
  • Balcluthini Baker, 1915
  • Gnathodini Baker, 1915
  • Coryphaelini Nast, 1972

Macrostelini is a tribe in the Deltocephalinae subfamily of leafhoppers. Macrostelini contains 37 genera and over 300 species. The tribe has a cosmopolitan distribution. Some species in the genus Cicadulina are agricultural pests and transmit maize streak virus in Sub-saharan Africa.

Genera

There are currently 37 described genera in Macrostelini:

References

  1. ^ Zahniser, James N; Dietrich, Chris (2013-05-29). "A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (45). doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.45. ISSN 2118-9773.
  2. NAVEED, HASSAN; ZHANG, YALIN (2018-08-27). "Review of the leafhopper tribe Macrostelini Kirkaldy (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in Pakistan with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4462 (2): 257–273. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4462.2.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30314047. S2CID 52974036.

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Taxon identifiers
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