Macrostelini

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: Deltocephalinae
Tribus: Macrostelini
Genera: Aderganna – Afrosteles – Agelina – Alebranus – Argaterma – Atlantocella – Balclutha – Baldulus – Balolina – Cicadabara – Cicadulella – Cicadulina – Cicaduloida – Cortona – Coryphaelus – Dalbulus – Davisonia – Elrabonia – Evinus – Kadrabolina – Macrosteles – Marquesitettix – Masafuera – Nesoclutha – Nesolina – Nesophyla – Nesoriella – Nyhimbricus – Paracicadula – Sagatus – Sanctahelenia – Scaphoidulina – Scaphosteles – Sonronius – Stellena – Teyasteles – Yamatotettix
Name

Macrostelini Kirkaldy, 1906
Synonyms

Balcluthini Baker, 1915.
Gnathodini Baker, 1915.
Coryphaelini Nast, 1972

References

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906: Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Division of Entomology bulletin, (1)(9): 271–479, plates XXI-XXXII. BHL Reference page.
Duan, Y., Dietrich, C.H. & Zhang, Y. 2017. Revision of the South American grassland leafhopper genus Cortona Oman (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) with description of four new species from Argentina. Zootaxa 4242(2): 359–371. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.2.8. Reference page.
Knight, W.J. 1987: Leafhoppers of the grass-feeding genus Balclutha (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) in the Pacific Region. Journal of natural history, 21: 1173–1224. DOI: 10.1080/00222938700770731
Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C. 2013. A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European journal of taxonomy (45) DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.45 Reference page.