Alara

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamilia: Fulgoroidea

Familia: Derbidae
Subfamilia: Otiocerinae
Tribus: Rhotanini
Genus: Alara
Species (31): A. alboapicalis – A. anulus – A. aquilonia – A. armifera – A. armilla – A. australiensis – A. castanea – A. cervus – A. cheesmani – A. clava – A. cornigera – A. cranstoni – A. cultellus – A. dux – A. frigida – A. fulva – A. fumata – A. fusca – A. hyalina – A. improba – A. interrupta – A. isabella – A. kershawi – A. laetanda – A. lingua – A. linigera – A. obscura – A. quatei – A. regia – A. rubicunda – A. schmidti
Name

Alara Distant, 1911

Type species: Alara dux Distant, 1911, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Mecynorhynchus Muir, 1913

References

Distant, W.L. 1911: Description of new genera and species of oriental Homoptera. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 8(8): 643.
Muir, F. 1913: On some new species of leaf-hoppers. Part II. Derbidae. Hawaii. Sugar Plant. Assoc., Entomol., Bull. 12: 82.
Yang, C.T.; Wu, R. H. 1993: Derbidae of Taiwan (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Ching Chung Book Co Ltd., Taiwan, 230 pp.
Zelazny, B. 1981: The Philippines species of Rhotanini (Homoptera: Derbidae) and their distribution outside the Philippines. Pacific Insects, 23(3-4): 213–285. PDF
Zelazny, B.; Webb, M.D. 2011: Revision of the planthopper tribe Rhotanini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae). Zootaxa, 3071: 1–307. Preview

Links

Alara Taxon details in FLOW - Hemiptera data bases