Aetalionidae

Aetalionidae
	Tropidaspis carinata from the side, specimen from CeNak (Hamburg Zoological Museum)
Systematics
Order :	Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera)
Subordination :	Risso cicadas (Cicadomorpha)
Superfamily :	Membracoidea
Family :	Aetalionidae
Scientific name
	Aetalionidae
	Spinola , 1850

Aetalionidae is a family of the Membracoidea and is sometimes called "false humpback hoppers". The Aetalionidae are a relatively poor family with about 40 species.

features

They can be about 3 to 30 mm in size and are closely related to the "real" humpback hoppers ( Membracidae ). But they do not have such a strongly developed pronotum as this one. The scutellum is basal convex and has a keel apically. In the front legs, the femur and trochanter have grown together.

Systematics

The Aetalionidae are divided into two subfamilies:

Aetalioninae , with the genera
- Aetalion (23 species) and
- Darthula (2 species)
Biturritiinae with the genera
- Biturritia (3 types),
- Lophyraspis (6 species),
- Mina (3 types) and
- Tropidaspis (7 species).

distribution

Most species are common in the Neotropic , Aetalion quadratum and Aetalion nervosopunctatum are also known from the USA. The genus Darthula has been found in the Oriental region (China, India, Myanmar, Nepal).

Aetalion vitticolle

Way of life

These cicadas are often found in groups and are often associated with ants. The widespread species Aetalion reticulatum is harmful to various tropical crops.

Web links

Commons : Aetalionidae - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Aetalionidae at Treehoppers

Individual evidence

↑ G. Kunz: Cicadas - the insects of the 21st century? (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) . In: Entomologica Austriaca . tape 18 , 2011, p. 105-123 .
^ C. H Dietrich: Keys to the families of Cicadomorpha and subfamilies and tribes of Cicadellidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) . In: Florida Entomologist . tape 88 , no. 4 , 2005, p. 502-517 .
↑ AM Sakakibaro & AJ Creao-Duarte: Sobre o gênero Lophyraspis Stål e descrição de novas espécies (Hemiptera, Aetalionidae, Biturritiinae) . In: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia . tape 48 , no. 2 , 2004, p. 193-197 ( scielo.br [PDF]).
↑ ^a ^b S. H. McKamey: Taxonomic Catalog of the Membracoidea (exclusive of leafhoppers) . In: Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute . tape 60 , 1998, pp. 1-377 .
↑ Hans Strümpel: The cicadas . In: The New Brehm Library . tape 668 , 2010, ISBN 978-3-89432-893-1 , pp. 1-267 .
↑ AJVinha Zanuncio, JE Serrão, AIA Pereira, MA Soares, CF Wilcken, GLD Leite, J. Cola Zanuncio: Aethalion reticulatum (Hemiptera: Aethalionidae) feeding on Erythrina speciosa (Fabales: Fabaceae): First record of its host plant and damage characteristics . In: Florida Entomologist . tape 98 , no. 1 , 2015, p. 175-177 , doi : 10.1653 / 024.098.0130 .

[1] G. Kunz: Cicadas - the insects of the 21st century? (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) . In: Entomologica Austriaca . tape 18 , 2011, p. 105-123 .

[2] C. H Dietrich: Keys to the families of Cicadomorpha and subfamilies and tribes of Cicadellidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) . In: Florida Entomologist . tape 88 , no. 4 , 2005, p. 502-517 .

[3] AM Sakakibaro & AJ Creao-Duarte: Sobre o gênero Lophyraspis Stål e descrição de novas espécies (Hemiptera, Aetalionidae, Biturritiinae) . In: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia . tape 48 , no. 2 , 2004, p. 193-197 ( scielo.br [PDF]).

[:1-4] S. H. McKamey: Taxonomic Catalog of the Membracoidea (exclusive of leafhoppers) . In: Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute . tape 60 , 1998, pp. 1-377 .

[:0-5] Hans Strümpel: The cicadas . In: The New Brehm Library . tape 668 , 2010, ISBN 978-3-89432-893-1 , pp. 1-267 .

[6] AJVinha Zanuncio, JE Serrão, AIA Pereira, MA Soares, CF Wilcken, GLD Leite, J. Cola Zanuncio: Aethalion reticulatum (Hemiptera: Aethalionidae) feeding on Erythrina speciosa (Fabales: Fabaceae): First record of its host plant and damage characteristics . In: Florida Entomologist . tape 98 , no. 1 , 2015, p. 175-177 , doi : 10.1653 / 024.098.0130 .