Subfamily Issinae Spinola, 1839

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• Issites Spinola, M. 1839. Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Ryngotes. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 8: 133-337 [204].

  Type genus:

   Issus Fabricius, 1803.

Introduction

Although Spinola (1839) recognised a family Issites with a subfamily "Issoides", the other subfamilies of the family were the "Derboides" and "Flatoides", the former corresponding with our current family Derbidae and the latter combining our current families Flatidae, Lophopidae, Ricaniidae and Acanaloniidae. Nonetheless, Spinola (1839) was the first to recognise subfamilies within what was known at the time as the family Issites. Gnezdilov & Fletcher (2010) examined the Australian fauna and provided a key to genera. All the Australian genera were placed in the tribe Issini although they stated that the higher classification of the Issidae needed revision.

Diagnosis

Since all the Australian Issidae are currently placed within the one subfamily, no diagnosis is considered necessary.

General References

Gnezdilov, V.M. & Fletcher, M.J. 2010. A review of the Australian genera of the planthopper family Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) with description of an unusual new species of Chlamydopteryx Kirkaldy. Zootaxa 2366: 35–45 [44]

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