Subtribe Gelastocephalina Emeljanov, 2000

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• Gelastocephalina Emeljanov, A.F. 2000. New genera of the family Cixiidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) from Australia and neighbouring Territories. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 79(1): 12-34 [19].

  Secondary source:

   Emeljanov, A.F. 2000. New genera of the Family Cixiidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) from Australia and neighboring Territories. [translation]. Entomological Review (English translation of Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie) 80(3): 251-270 [258].

Introduction

This is a paraphyletic assemblage, remaining in the tribe Gelastocephalini after Emeljanov (2000) removed a small group of genera to the subtribe Rhigedanina. Löcker et al. (2006) retained the subtribe, although recognising that it is paraphyletic, simply because the three genera comprising the subtribe Rhigedanina are clearly a valid monophyletic unit.

Diagnosis

Since the subtribe Gelastocephalina is paraphyletic, it can really only be diagnosed by lacking the features which define the subtribe Rhigedanina. These were defined by Löcker et al. (2006) as (1) presence of ear-shaped lobes on the pronotum and (2) presence of large lateral spines on the hind tibia.

ID Keys

Fletcher, M.J., Löcker, B., Larivière, M.C. & Löcker, H. (2006). Illustrated Key to the Australian Genera of the Planthopper Tribe Gelastocephalini (Hemiptera: Cixiidae: Fulgoromorpha) http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/cixiid/gelastocephalini/gel00.htm

Diagnosis References

Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Larivière, M.-C., Gurr, G.M., Holzinger, W.E. & Löcker, H. 2006. Taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the Gelastocephalini (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20: 59-160 [83]

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