Amyclinae Explained

The Amyclinae are a subfamily of planthoppers in the Auchenorrhyncha, whose Basionym was first used by Zeno Payne Metcalf in 1938.^[1] The recorded distribution is the Americas, Africa, Malesia and Australia.^[2]

Genera

The subfamily contains a single tribe – the Amyclini – which currently (2022) contains 18 species in the following genera:^[2]

1. Alcathous Stål, 1863
2. Amycle Stål, 1861
3. Druentia Stål, 1866
4. Pseudoamycle Campodonico & Fierro, 2019
5. Rhabdocephala Van Duzee, 1929
6. Samsama Distant, 1906 (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra: 1 sp. S. chersonesia)
7. Scolopsella Ball, 1905

Notes and References

1. Metcalf ZP (1938) The Fulgorina of Barro Colorado and other parts of Panama. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass 82: 277-423 [343].
2. https://flow.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?page=explorer&db=flow&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=tribe&id=22051 Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW)