Drabescini is a
tribe
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of
leafhopper
Leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family (biology), family Cicadellidae: based on the type genus ''Cicadella''. These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or ...
s in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Deltocephalinae
Deltocephalinae is a subfamily of leafhoppers. Deltocephalinae is the largest subfamily in the family Cicadellidae and is divided into 40 tribes, comprising over 925 genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below fam ...
. There are currently 38 genera and almost 200 species in Drabescini divided into two subtribes: Drabescina and Paraboloponina.
Genera
There are currently 38 described genera divided into two subtribes:
[Zahniser, J.N. 2007-present. An online interactive key and searchable database of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). http://zahniser.speciesfile.org/]
Subtribe Drabescina
*
''Drabescus''
* ''
Rengatella''
Subtribe Paraboloponina
References
Deltocephalinae
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