Tribe Mnemosynini Emeljanov, 1992

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mnemosynina Emeljanov, A.F. 1992. Planthoppers of the family Cixiidae from vicinity of Ambo, Ethiopia (Homoptera, Cicadina). Zoosystematica Rossica 1: 20-36 [25].

  Type genus:

   Mnemosyne Stål, 1866.

  Secondary source:

   Szwedo, J. 2004. Autrimbus sambiorum gen. and sp. nov. from Eocene Baltic Amber and notes on Mnemosynini Stat. Nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 54(3): 567-578 (stat. nov. as tribe); Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. First record of the planthopper tribe Mnemosynini in Australia with the description of two new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Russian Entomological Journal 15(3): 287-294 (First Australian record).

Introduction

The tribe Mnemosynini was known only from the Afrotropical, Neotropical and Oriental regions until 2006 when Löcker et.al. (2006) added two species from Australia. All extant species are included in the genus Mnemosyne Stål, although the extinct genus Autrimpus Szwedo is also included in the tribe.

Diagnosis

This tribe is distinguished by the presence of tubercles in the cells of the forewings as well as along the veins. In all other tribes of Cixiidae, the tubercles are only found on the veins.

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., Fletcher, M.J. & Gurr, G.M. 2006. First record of the planthopper tribe Mnemosynini in Australia with the description of two new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Russian Entomological Journal 15(3): 287-294

History of changes