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Delphacidae
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<h2 id="diet-and-pest-species">Diet and pest species</h2> <p>All species are <a href="/facts/Phytophagous/me4YFdQA">phytophagous</a>, many occurring on various <a href="/facts/Grass/q2CRK8q0">grasses</a>. Some species are significant pests and important vectors for <a href="/facts/Cereal/ao2WcFdM">cereal</a> <a href="/facts/Pathogen/axMXtV1M">pathogens</a>; for example: </p> <ul><li>The rice brown planthopper, <i><a href="/facts/Nilaparvata_lugens/BgjMC1Ve">Nilaparvata lugens</a></i> (Stål)</li> <li>The white-backed planthopper (rice), <i><a href="/facts/Sogatella_furcifera/wvfACopx">Sogatella furcifera</a></i> (Horváth, 1899)</li> <li>The sugarcane planthopper, <i><a href="/facts/Perkinsiella_saccharicida/jAb9bETp">Perkinsiella saccharicida</a></i> Kirkaldy, 1903</li></ul> <h2 id="subfamilies-tribes-and-selected-genera">Subfamilies, tribes and selected genera</h2> <p><i>Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web</i> includes the following <a href="/facts/Tribe_(biology)/Uca1DPl7">tribes</a> and genera (complete lists where tribe unassigned):<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h3><a href="/facts/Asiracinae/s9Kc7dPx">Asiracinae</a></h3> <p>Auth.: Motschulsky, 1863 </p> <ul><li>Tribe Asiracini Motschulsky, 1863</li> <li>Tribe Eodelphacini Emeljanov, 1995</li> <li>Tribe Idiosystatini Emeljanov, 1995</li> <li>Tribe Neopunanini Emeljanov, 1995</li> <li>Tribe Platysystatini Emeljanov, 1995</li> <li>Tribe Tetrasteirini Emeljanov, 1995</li> <li>Tribe Ugyopini Fennah, 1979</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Delphacinae/HSR81jFv">Delphacinae</a></h3> <p>Auth.: Leach, 1815 - world-wide, selected genera: </p> <ul><li>Tribe <a href="/facts/Delphacini/r5erEamN">Delphacini</a> Leach, 1815 <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Aloha_(planthopper)/v2kXjuQb">Aloha</a></i> Kirkaldy, 1904</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Criomorphus/2eMeSxTP">Criomorphus</a></i> Curtis, 1833</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Delphacinus/SSk2I3Yn">Delphacinus</a></i> Fieber, 1866</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Delphacodes/w4pUKbz8">Delphacodes</a></i> Fieber, 1866 (synonym <i>Delphax</i> Latreille, 1807)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Javesella/gF3bCgR5">Javesella</a></i> Fennah, 1963</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kakuna_(planthopper)/FzB3mbuD">Kakuna</a></i> Matsumura, 1935</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Megamelus/GzybhEon">Megamelus</a></i> Fieber, 1866</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Metadelphax/STu2p1V8">Metadelphax</a></i> Wagner, 1963</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Muellerianella/JXvCcAVr">Muellerianella</a></i> Wagner, 1963</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Muirodelphax/o9xldheu">Muirodelphax</a></i> Wagner, 1963</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Nilaparvata/CvlMnxPI">Nilaparvata</a></i> Distant, 1906</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Nothodelphax/pAHCylxg">Nothodelphax</a></i> Fennah, 1963</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Paraliburnia/hEfNtus6">Paraliburnia</a></i> Jensen-Haarup, 1917</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Prokelisia/FoSfPm0T">Prokelisia</a></i> Osborn, 1905</li> <li><i>Pseudaraeopus</i> Kirkaldy, 1904 (synonym <i>Delphacodes</i> Melichar, 1901) - southern Europe</li></ul></li></ul> <ol><li><i>Pseudaraeopus dalmatinus</i> Horváth, 1922</li> <li><i>Pseudaraeopus lethierryi</i> (Mulsant & Rey, 1879)</li> <li><i>Pseudaraeopus sacchari</i> (Muir, 1913)</li></ol> <ul><li><ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Sogatella/crwQkBtx">Sogatella</a></i> Fennah, 1956</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Toya_(planthopper)/UQbmzcRc">Toya</a></i> Distant, 1906</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Xanthodelphax/FwNVFghI">Xanthodelphax</a></i> Wagner, 1963<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </li></ul></li> <li>Tribe Saccharosydnini Vilbaste, 1968 <ul><li><i>Lacertinella</i> (Remes Lenicov & Rossi Batiz) 2011</li> <li><i>Neomalaxa</i> Muir, 1918</li> <li><i>Pseudomacrocorupha</i> Muir, 1930</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Saccharosydne/mo5sqqqE">Saccharosydne</a></i> Kirkaldy, 1907</li></ul></li> <li>Tribe Tropidocephalini Muir, 1915 <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Tropidocephala/YMCbhJHc">Tropidocephala</a></i> Stål, 1853</li></ul></li></ul> <h3>Kelisiinae</h3> <p>Auth.: Wagner, 1963 </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Anakelisia/NlStMy4K">Anakelisia</a></i> Wagner, 1963</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kelisia/7nIb2JFD">Kelisia</a></i> Fieber, 1866</li></ul> <h3>Plesiodelphacinae</h3> <p>Auth.: Asche, 1985 - neotropical </p> <ul><li><i>Burnilia</i> Muir & Giffard, 1924</li> <li><i>Plesiodelphax</i> Asche, 1985</li></ul> <h3>Stenocraninae</h3> <p>Auth.: Wagner, 1963 </p> <ul><li><i>Embolophora</i> Stål, 1853</li> <li><i>Frameus</i> Bartlett, 2010</li> <li><i>Kelisicranus</i> Bartlett, 2006</li> <li><i>Obtusicranus</i> Bartlett, 2006</li> <li><i>Preterkelisia</i> Yang, 1989</li> <li><i>Proterosydne</i> Kirkaldy, 1907</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Stenocranus/NQuDw5zw">Stenocranus</a></i> Fieber, 1866 - type genus</li> <li><i>Stenokelisia</i> Ribaut, 1934</li> <li><i>Tanycranus</i> Bartlett, 2010</li> <li><i>Terauchiana</i> Matsumura, 1915</li></ul> <h3><a href="/facts/Vizcayinae/6jmspojJ">Vizcayinae</a></h3> <p>Auth.: Asche, 1990 – SE Asia </p> <ul><li><i>Neovizcaya</i> Liang, 2002</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Vizcaya_(planthopper)/7GX15aX3">Vizcaya</a></i> Muir, 1917 - type genus</li></ul> <h3>Subfamily not placed</h3> <ul><li>†<i>Amagua</i> Cockerell, 1924</li> <li><i>Epunka</i> Matsumura, 1935</li> <li><i>Eunycheuma</i> Yang, 1989</li> <li><i>Hikona</i> Matsumura, 1935</li> <li><i>Jugodina</i> Schumacher, 1915</li> <li><i>Lauriana</i> Ren & Qin, 2014</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Megamelodes/I5Wopr9o">Megamelodes</a></i> Le Quesne, 1960</li> <li><i>Nephropsia</i> Costa, 1862</li> <li><i>Sogatodes</i> Fennah, 1963</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Unkana/FxexY0YA">Unkana</a></i> Matsumura, 1935</li></ul> <ul><li> Media related to Delphacidae at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>FLOW: Delphacidae Leach, 1815 (retrieved 14 December 2019) <a href="https://www.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?page=explorer&db=flow&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=family&loading=1&id=5085" target="_blank">https://www.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?page=explorer&db=flow&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=family&loading=1&id=5085</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>http://delta-intkey.com/britin/hem/www/delphici.htm Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine Family description <a href="http://delta-intkey.com/britin/hem/www/delphici.htm" target="_blank">http://delta-intkey.com/britin/hem/www/delphici.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>