Cephalelini

Cephalelini
Male Cephalelus bicoloratus, a South African restio leafhopper.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Membracoidea
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Ulopinae
Tribe: Cephalelini

The Cephalelini is a tribe of leafhoppers containing several genera found in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.[1] Most species associate with plants from the Restionaceae family. The South African Cephalelini are commonly known as restio leafhoppers.

References

  1. Davies, D (1988). "Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) associated with the Restionaceae. 1. The tribe Cephalelini (Ulopinae)". J. ent Soc. sth. Afr. 51 (1): 31–64.
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