Subtribe Rhigedanina Emeljanov, 2000

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• Rhigedanina 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].

  Type genus:

   Rhigedanus Emeljanov, 2000.

  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

The three genera included in this subtribe clearly belong together but defining the group as a subtribe without analysing the relationships between the remaining genera of Gelastocephalini leaves the subtribe Gelastocephalina as paraphyletic. All three genera have the head anteriorly produced in front of the eyes.

Diagnosis

The diagnostic features of the three genera included in this subtribe 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. and 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 [157]

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