Tribe Pentastirini Emeljanov, 1971

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Regional Maps

• Pentastirini Emeljanov, A.F. 1971. New USSR genera of Cixiidae and Issidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 50(3): 619-627 [619].

  Type genus:

   Pentastira Kirschbaum, 1868.

  Secondary source:

   Emeljanov, A.F. 1971. New USSR genera of Cixiidae and Issidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Entomological Review (English translation of Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie) 50(3): 350-354 [350].

Introduction

The tribe Pentastirini Emeljanov is represented in all zoogeographical regions with more than 35 genera with several hundred species. Serious pest species transmit phytoplasma diseases such as Phormium yellows in New Zealand, transmitted by Zeoliarus atkinsoni (Myers), and vergilbungskrankheit in Germany, transmitted by Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret, which also transmits Bois noir (black wood) of grapevines and stolbur disease of potato and tomato in Europe.

The tribe was divided into the subtribes Oliarina and Pentastirina by Emeljanov (1971) and Mnemosynina was added by Emeljanov (1992). However, Mnemosynina was raised to tribe by Szwedo (2004) and Holzinger et al. (2002) synonymised the other two subtribes so there is currently no subtribe defined within the Pentastirini.

Diagnosis

Median carina of frons forked, usually in upper half. Mesonotum with 5 longitudinal carinae. Pronotum not expanded laterally or, if expanded, then not inflated. Forewing with tubercles only along veins, pterostigma distinct, at least as long as basal cell, brownish (sometimes with whitish areas). Hind tibia usually with 5-6 apical teeth.

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

Emeljanov, A.F. 1971. New USSR genera of Cixiidae and Issidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Entomological Review (English translation of Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie) 50(3): 350-354

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

Holzinger, W.E., Emeljanov, A.F. & Kammerlander, I. 2002. The family Cixiidae Spinola 1839 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) — a review. Denisia 4(176): 113-138

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

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