Tribe Oecleini Muir, 1923

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cixiini Muir, F. 1923. On the classification of the Fulgoroidea (Homoptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 5: 205-247 [222].

  Type genus:

   Cixius Latreille, 1804.

Introduction

The Cixiini in Australia has historically been used as a dumping ground for genera whose affinities were unknown. Birgit Löcker has been revising the tribe one genus at a time and has now completed revisions of Calamister Kirkaldy (Löcker 2014), Leptolamia Metcalf (Löcker 2014) and Aka White (Löcker 2015). The Australian fauna currently includes 34 species in 9 genera.

Diagnosis

Median carina of frons without median ocellus; Pedicel of antenna not longer than twice its diameter; Vertex broad at apex with two transverse carinae betwen vertex and face; Pronotum not expanded laterally or, if expanded, then not inflated. Mesonotum with 3 longitudinal carinae; Forewing with subcostal and radial veins (and sometimes also the medial vein) united at base to form a distinct stem; Hind tibia usually with 5-6 apical teeth; Pterostigma indistinct or absent, if present, then shorter than basal cell and whitish. Median carina of frons unforked, or, if forked in lower half.

ID Keys

Löcker B. and Fletcher, M.J. (2006). Illustrated Key to the Tribes of the Family Cixiidae found in Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/cixiid/tribe00.htm

General References

Löcker, B. 2014. Shedding light on Jacobi's types whilst discovering new species: a taxonomic revision of Leptolamia Metcalf, 1936 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Austral Entomology 53: 391–423 [Article first published online: 14 APR 2014]

Löcker, B. 2014. Taxonomic revision of Calamister Kirkaldy, 1906 (Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3878(1): 89–96

Löcker, B. 2015. Revision of the Australian species of Aka White, 1879 (Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa 3956(2): 199–223

History of changes