The Plectoderini are a large
tribe of
planthopper
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment ...
s in the family
Achilidae, erected by
Ronald Gordon Fennah
Ronald Gordon Fennah (1910 – 19 August 1987) was an English entomologist who specialised in the systematics of the Fulgoroidea and worked in the Caribbean Islands and at the Commonwealth Institute of Entomology.
Fennah was born in Ludlow and ...
in 1950.
[Fennah RG (1950) A generic revision of the Achilidae (Homoptera: Fulgoridea). ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology'' 1: 1-170 7] Genera have a world-wide distribution, but are hardly represented in Europe or northern Asia.
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Genera
''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web (FLOW)''[FLOW]
Plectoderini Fennah, 1950 lists:
# '' Abas (planthopper)'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Afrachilus'' Fennah, 1965
# '' Agandecca'' Buchanan White, 1879
# '' Akotropis'' Matsumura, 1914
# '' Amblycratus'' Uhler, 1895
# '' Aphypia'' Melichar, 1908
# '' Argeleusa'' Kirkaldy, 1906
# '' Aristyllis'' Kirkaldy, 1906
# '' Ballomarius'' Jacobi, 1941
# '' Bathycephala'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Benella'' Kirkaldy, 1906
# '' Betatropis'' Matsumura, 1914
# '' Brachypyrrhyllis'' Fennah, 1967
# '' Caffropyrrhyllis'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Calerda'' Signoret, 1864
# '' Callichlamys (planthopper)'' Kirkaldy, 1907
# '' Callinesia'' Kirkaldy, 1907
# '' Caristianus'' Distant, 1916
# '' Catonia (planthopper)'' Uhler, 1895
# '' Catonoides'' Metcalf, 1938
# '' Cenophron'' Fennah, 1969
# '' Cernea (planthopper)'' Williams, 1977
# '' Chroneba'' Stål, 1859
# '' Cionoderella'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Clidonisma'' Fennah, 1969
# '' Clusivius'' Distant, 1917
# '' Cnidus (planthopper)'' Stål, 1866 (synonym ''Necho'' Jacobi, 1910)
# '' Cocottea'' Williams, 1977
# '' Cythna (planthopper)'' Kirkaldy, 1906
# '' Deferunda'' Distant, 1912
# '' Epirama'' Melichar, 1903
# '' Epiusana'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Epiusanella'' Synave, 1959
# '' Eudeferunda'' Chen, Yang & Wilson, 1989
# '' Eurynomella'' Fennah, 1967
# '' Eurynomeus'' Kirkaldy, 1906
# '' Francesca (planthopper)'' Kirkaldy, 1906
# '' Gongistes'' Fennah, 1969
# '' Gordiacea (planthopper)'' Metcalf, 1948
# '' Haitiana'' Dozier, 1936
# '' Hamba (planthopper)'' Distant, 1907
# '' Hemiplectoderes'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Horcomotes'' Fennah, 1969
# '' Indorupex'' Fennah, 1965
# '' Isodaemon'' Fennah, 1969
# '' Juniperthia'' O'Brien, 1985
# '' Kardopocephalus'' Metcalf, 1938
# '' Kawanda (planthopper)'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Kawandella'' Synave, 1959
# '' Kempiana'' Muir, 1922
# '' Koloptera'' Metcalf, 1938
# '' Kosalya (planthopper)'' Distant, 1906
# '' Kurandella'' Fennah, 1950 (''Kurandella'' Evans, 1966 doubtful)
# '' Lanuvia'' Stål, 1866
# '' Magadha (planthopper)'' Distant, 1906
# '' Magadhaideus'' Long & Chen, 2017
# '' Mahuna'' Distant, 1907
# '' Martorella'' Caldwell, 1951
# '' Metalticeps'' Dmitriev, 2020
# '' Mlanjella'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Momar (planthopper)'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Moraballia'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Neoacus'' Dmitriev, 2020
# '' Nephelesia'' Fennah, 1965
# '' Nephelia'' Kirkaldy, 1907
# '' Nyonga (planthopper)'' Synave, 1959
# '' Opsiplanon'' Fennah, 1945
# '' Paracatonia'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Paraclusivius'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Paragandecca'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Parakosalya'' Distant, 1917
# '' Paraphypia'' Synave, 1960
# '' Parargeleusa'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Paratangia'' Melichar, 1903
# '' Phenelia'' Kirkaldy, 1906
# '' Phypia'' Stål, 1860
# '' Plectoderes'' Spinola, 1839
# '' Plectoderoides'' Matsumura, 1914
# '' Plectoringa'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Prosagandecca'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Pseudhelicoptera'' Fowler, 1904
# '' Pyrrhyllis'' Kirkaldy, 1906
# '' Quadrana'' Caldwell, 1951
# '' Remosachilus'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Rhinocolura (planthopper)'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Rhotaloides'' Fennah, 1965
# '' Rupex'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Salemina'' Kirkaldy, 1906
# '' Semibetatropis'' Chun Liang Chen, Chung Tu Yang & Wilson, 1989
# '' Spino (planthopper)'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Symplegadella'' Fennah, 1950
# '' Synecdoche (planthopper)'' O'Brien, 1971
# '' Taloka (planthopper)'' Distant, 1907
# '' Tangina'' Melichar, 1903
# '' Thectoceps'' Williams, 1977
# ''Usana (planthopper)
''Usana'' is a genus of achilid planthoppers in the family Achilidae. There are about 10 described species in ''Usana''.
Species
These 10 species belong to the genus ''Usana'':
* ''Usana abdominalis'' Distant, 1916
* ''Usana aspergilliformis'' L ...
'' Distant, 1906
# '' Williamsus'' Özdikmen & Demir, 2007
# '' Xerbus'' O'Brien, 1971
# '' Zathauma'' Fennah, 1949
References
External links
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Hemiptera tribes
Achilidae