Aphrodinae

Life-forms

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
Infraordo: Cicadomorpha
Superfamilia: Membracoidea

Familia: Cicadellidae
Subfamilia: Aphrodinae
Tribus (4): Aphrodini – Euacanthellini – Sagmatiini – Xestocephalini

Overview of genera (15)

Aloxestocephalus – Anoscopus – Aphrodes – Brevaphrodella – Euacanthella – Matsumurana – Myerslopella – Myrmecophryne – Ootacamundus – Paulianiana – Planaphrodes – Sagmation – Stroggylocephalus – Xestocephalites – Xestocephalus
Name

Aphrodinae Haupt, 1927
References

C. H. Dietrich, 2005, Florida Entomologist 88 (4): 502–517 https://bioone.org/journals/Florida-Entomologist/volume-88/issue-4/0015-4040(2005)88[502:KTTFOC]2.0.CO;2/KEYS-TO-THE-FAMILIES-OF-CICADOMORPHA-AND-SUBFAMILIES-AND-TRIBES/10.1653/0015-4040(2005)88[502:KTTFOC]2.0.CO;2.full
Links

Aphrodinae- World Auchenorrhyncha Database - dmitriev.speciesfile.org
Zicha, Ondřej et al. Aphrodinae – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Aphrodinae – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Aphrodinae is a subfamily of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are about 7 genera and at least 20 described species in Aphrodinae.[1][2]
Xestocephalus lunatus
Genera

These seven genera belong to the subfamily Aphrodinae:

Anoscopus Kirschbaum, 1858 c g b
Aphrodes Curtis, 1833 c g b
Driotura Osborn & Ball, 1898 c g b
Planaphrodes Hamilton, 1975 c g b
Platymetopius Burmeister, 1838 c g b
Stroggylocephalus Flor, 1861 c g b
Xestocephalus Van Duzee, 1892 c g b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[1]
References

"Aphrodinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
"Aphrodinae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
"ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
"Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-06.

"GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-06.

Further reading

Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
Bantock, T.; Botting, J. (2013). "British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
Dmitriev, D. (2009). "Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe". ZooKeys (29): 13–33. doi:10.3897/zookeys.29.223.
Gonçalves, Clayton; Takiya, Daniela; Mejdalani, Gabriel (2013). "A new species of Alapona DeLong (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini) from Amazonas State, Northern Brazil". Zootaxa. 3681 (2): 187–191. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3681.2.9. PMID 25232600.
Majka, C. (2009). "Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island". ZooKeys (22): 267–283. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.93.
Moulds, M.S. (2005). "An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna". Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (3): 375–446. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. ISSN 0067-1975.