Subtribe Paraboloponina Ishihara, 1953

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• Paraboloponidae Ishihara, T. 1953. A tentative checklist of the superfamily Cicadelloidea of Japan (Homoptera). Scientific Reports of the Matsuyama Agricultural College 11: 1-72 [5].

  Type genus:

   Parabolopona Matsumura, 1912.
• Bhatiini Linnavuori, R.E. & Al Ne'Amy, K.T. 1983. Revision of the African Cicadellidae (subfamily Selenocephalinae) (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Acta Zoologica Fennica 168: 1–105 [21].

  Type genus:

   Bhatia Distant, 1908.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Zhang, Y. & Webb, M.D. 1996. A revised classification of the Asian and Pacific selenocephaline leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Entomology) 65(1): 1-103 [9]

Introduction

This subtribe has been variously placed over its taxonomic history: as a family (Ishihara 1953); subfamily (Webb 1981 provided a revision of the Asian, Australasian and Pacific fauna); tribe of the Selenocephalinae (Zhang & Webb 1996); and, most recently, as a subtribe of the Drabescini (Zahniser & Dietrich 2010). The subtribe is distributed throughout the Old World but is mainly Asian and Australasian. Three genera are recorded in Australia, the Oriental Carvaka Distant with five endemic Australian species; the widespread Dryadomorpha Kirkaldy with two Australian species; and the monotypic Nirvanguina Evans in Queensland and New Guinea. Fletcher and Semeraro (2007) noted that at least one species of Bhatia Distant and two species which appear to belong to Hybrasil Kirkaldy are also present in Australia.

General References

Fletcher, M.J. & Semeraro, L. 2007. Genus Carvaka Distant in Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Selenocephalinae). Australian Journal of Entomology 46(2): 89-95 [89–90]

Ishihara, T. 1953. A tentative checklist of the superfamily Cicadelloidea of Japan (Homoptera). Scientific Reports of the Matsuyama Agricultural College 11: 1-72 [20]

Webb, M.D. 1981. The Asian, Australasian and Pacific Paraboloponinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 43(2): 39-76 [41]

Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. 2010. Phylogeny of the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) based on molecular and morphological data with a revised family-group classification. Systematic Entomology 35(3): 489–511 [506]

Zhang, Y. & Webb, M.D. 1996. A revised classification of the Asian and Pacific selenocephaline leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Entomology) 65(1): 1-103 [9]

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