''Tambinia'' is a genus of

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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. Forehead and mesonotum with three

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and the ocelli are very small. The hind tibiae have three spines.

Taxonomy

In a 1982 revision (Fennah, 1982) ''Tambinia'' was included in the tribe Tambiniini, along with the genera: '' Athestia'', '' Biruga'', '' Garumna'', '' Garumnella'', '' Kallitambinia'', '' Kallitaxila'', '' Lanshu'', '' Neotaxilanoides'', '' Nesotaxila'', '' Ossoides'', '' Sumbana'' and '' Tauropola''. ''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 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 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 insects, body len ...

'' 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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