''Aphaena''
is a genus 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 sub-family
Aphaeninae
The subfamily Aphaeninae is a group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, in the family Fulgoridae, or "lanternflies".
The future of the Aphaeninae as a subfamily is unclear since the taxa assigned to it do not f ...
of
Fulgoridae
The family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, containing over 125 genera worldwide. They are mostly of moderate to large size, many with a superficial resemblance to Lepidoptera due t ...
. Species are distributed from eastern India,
Indo-China
Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...
, China and
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
.
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Species
''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web'' lists:[Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): ''Aphaena'' Guérin-Méneville, 1834 (retrieved 5 January 2021)]
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;subgenus ''Aphaena''
* ''Aphaena amorifera
''Aphaena'' is a genus of planthoppers in the sub-family Aphaeninae of Fulgoridae. Species are distributed from eastern India, Indo-China, China and Malesia.
Species
''Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web'' lists:
;subgenus ''Aphaena''
* ''Aphaena am ...
'' Schmidt, 1924
* '' Aphaena aurantia'' (Hope, 1840)
* '' Aphaena chionaema'' Butler, 1882
* '' Aphaena decolora'' (Chou & Wang, 1984)
* '' Aphaena discolor'' Guérin-Méneville, 1834 - type species
* '' Aphaena dissimilis'' Distant, 1906
* '' Aphaena murei'' Nagai & Porion, 1996
* '' Aphaena najas'' Schmidt, 1906
* '' Aphaena satrapa'' Gerstaecker, 1895
* ''Aphaena submaculata
''Aphaena submaculata'' is a species of planthoppers in the sub-family Aphaeninae of Fulgoridae. Various subspecies are distributed throughout the Indo-China region. The species was first observed by Frederick William Hope in 1840 and was formal ...
'' (Duncan, 1843)
** ''A. submaculata burmanica'' Distant, 1906
** ''A. submaculata consanguinea'' (Distant, 1906) (synonym ''Aphaena relata'')
** ''A. submaculata resima'' (Stål, 1855)
;subgenus ''Callidepsa''
* '' Aphaena amabilis'' (Hope, 1843)
* '' Aphaena cornuta'' (Fabricius, 1803)
* '' Aphaena hainanensis'' Wang, 1995
;Extinct species
* †'' Aphaena atava'' Scudder, 1877
* †'' Aphaena lithoecia'' Zhang, 1989
Gallery
Aphaena nigrotibiata.tif, ''Aphaena discolor''
Aphaena dissimilis TPopp.jpg, ''Aphaena dissimilis''
Aphaena najas.jpg, ''Aphaena najas''
Aphaena submaculata.jpg, ''Aphaena submaculata''
References
External links
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Hemiptera of Asia
Auchenorrhyncha genera
Aphaeninae
Taxa named by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville