''Tambinia'' is a genus of

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(

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) in the family

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and typical of the tribe Tambiniini (erected by Kirkaldy in 1907); species are found in Australia and

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Description

These are small insects, body length less than 10 mm. Width of head rounded in front (through eyes) less than width of

Pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on e ...

. Forehead and

mesonotum The mesothorax is the middle of the three segments of the thorax of hexapods, and bears the second pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the mesonotum (dorsal), the mesosternum ( ventral), and the mesopleuron (lateral) ...

with three carinae and the

ocelli A simple eye or ocellus (sometimes called a pigment pit) is a form of eye or an optical arrangement which has a single lens without the sort of elaborate retina that occurs in most vertebrates. These eyes are called "simple" to distinguish the ...

are very small. The hind tibiae have three spines.

Taxonomy

In a 1982 revision (Fennah, 1982) ''Tambinia'' was included in the tribe Tambiniini: presently (2024) with about 14 other genera. ''Tambinia'' is most similar to ''Nesotaxila'', ''Kallitaxila'' and ''Kallitambinia''Rong-rong Wang, Ai-Ping Liang (2011
Taxonomic review of the genus Tambinia Stål (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Tropiduchidae) with descriptions of four new species from the Pacific region.
''ZooKeys'' 132: 13-31.

Species

The genus ''Tambinia'' was established in

Carl Stål Carl Stål (21 March 1833 – 13 June 1878) was a Swedish people, Swedish entomologist specialising in Hemiptera. He was born at Karlberg Castle, Stockholm on 21 March 1833 and died at Frösundavik near Stockholm on 13 June 1878. He was the son ...

in 1859 for three species from Sri Lanka: ''Tambinia languida'' Stål, ''Tambinia debilis'' Stål and ''Tambinia rufoornata'' Stål. ''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web'' currently lists: # '' Tambinia atrosignata'' Distant, 1906 —

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Distant WL (1906) ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma, Rhynchota 3 (Heteroptera-Homoptera)'', Taylor & Francis, London, 175–491. # '' Tambinia bambusana'' Chang & Chen, 2012 # '' Tambinia bizonata'' Matsumura 1914 —

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# '' Tambinia capitata'' Distant, 1906 # '' Tambinia conus'' Wang & Liang, 2011 —

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# '' Tambinia debilis'' Stål, 1859 — Sri Lanka # '' Tambinia exoleta'' Melichar, 1914Melichar L (1914) ''Monographie der Tropiduchinen (Homoptera). Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn'' 53: 1-145. # '' Tambinia fasciculosa'' Melichar, 1914 # '' Tambinia guamensis'' Metcalf, 1946 # '' Tambinia inconspicua'' Distant, 1906 # '' Tambinia languida'' Stål, 1859 —

- type species # '' Tambinia macula'' Wang & Liang, 2011 — Malaysia:

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# '' Tambinia menglunensis'' Men and Qin in Men, Qin and Liu, 2009 # '' Tambinia pitho'' Fennah, 1970 # '' Tambinia robustocarina'' Wang & Liang, 2011 — Malaysia:

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# '' Tambinia rubrolineata'' Liang in Liang and Jiang, 2003 # '' Tambinia rubromaculata'' Distant, 1916 —

# '' Tambinia rufoornata'' Stål, 1859 —

# ''

Tambinia sexmaculata ''Tambinia'' is a genus of Fulgoroidea, planthoppers (Hemiptera) in the family Tropiduchidae and typical of the tribe Tambiniini (erected by Kirkaldy in 1907); species are found in Australia and Southeast Asia. Description These are small ins ...

'' Wang & Liang, 2011 — Australia: Kuranda # '' Tambinia similis'' Liang in Liang and Jiang, 2003 - southern China, Vietnam # '' Tambinia sinuata'' Men & Qin, 2012 # '' Tambinia sisyphus'' Fennah, 1956 # '' Tambinia theivora'' Fennah, 1982 # '' Tambinia venusta'' (Kirkaldy, 1906) # '' Tambinia verticalis'' Distant, 1916 # '' Tambinia zonata'' Muir, 1931Muir F (1931). New and little-known Fulgoroidea in the British Museum (Homoptera). ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' 7 (10): 297-314.

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