Ulopinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Ulopinae
Tribus (5): Cephalelini – Coloborrhinini – Mesargini – Monteithiini – Ulopini

Name

Ulopinae Le Peletier & Serville, 1825
References

Smith, L.R.J. & Webb, M.D. 2016. Review of the Ulopella leafhopper genus group (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Ulopinae) with description of a new genus and species collected from pitfall traps in Zambia. Zootaxa 4189(3): 571–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.3.7. Reference page.

Links

Ulopinae - World Auchenorrhyncha Database - dmitriev.speciesfile.org
Ulopinae is a subfamily of leafhoppers that contains two tribes: Ulopini and Cephalelini.[1]
Description

Leafhoppers from this group have hardened, elytra like forewings. They are often brown or black in colour and can be covered with small pits [1]
References

Knight (1973). "Ulopiniae of New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Science. 16: 971.