Subfamily Amyclinae Metcalf, 1938

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amycalinae Metcalf, Z.P. 1938. The Fulgorina of Barro Colorado and other parts of Panama. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 82: 277-423 [343] [original spelling].

  Type genus:

   Amycle Stål, 1861.
• Amyclinae Metcalf, Z.P. 1939. Hints on bibliographies. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 1: 241-248 [247] [emendation].

Introduction

Two Australian genera are described in this subfamily of Fulgoridae. Both are currently monotypic but both species comprise two or more subspecies which were regarded as separate species by Distant (1906) and Metcalf (1947). The subspecies need to be examined to determine their true status and there are certainly additional forms in collections which may represent additional undescribed taxa. The Amyclinae are characterised by the head which extends out in front of the eyes as a long narrow process.

Diagnosis

In this subfamily, the head is produced but there is no carina in front of eyes and no groove between forehead and crown (Metcalf 1938).

Tête plus étroite que le pronotum, se continuant en un assez long prolongement; sur ses faces latérales, au devant des yeux, pas de carène transversale, mais soit une protubérance, soit une carène longitudinale. Clypéus ne pénétrant que légèrement dans le front. Sur les élytres, la suture et le tronc commun des 2 nervures se terminent dans le bord commissural, mais avant de s'y souder, la suture envoie vers ce bord plusieurs petits rameaux obliques (Lallemand 1963).

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J. (2005) Illustrated Key to the Genera of the family Fulgoridae described from Australia (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/fulgorid/fulgo00.htm

Diagnosis References

Lallemand, V. 1963. Revision des Fulgoridae (Homoptera). Deuxième partie. Faunes Asiatique et Australienne. Memoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 2nd Series 75: 1-99 [57]

Metcalf, Z.P. 1938. The Fulgorina of Barro Colorado and other parts of Panama. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 82: 277-423 [366]

General References

Distant, W.L. 1906. Rhynchotal Notes. xxxviii. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 18: 18-32 [19–20]

Metcalf, Z.P. 1947. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea. Part 9, Fulgoridae. Raleigh N.C. : North Carolina State College 276 pp. [108–109]

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