Aphaeninae

The subfamily Aphaeninae is a group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics. They belong to the Fulgoridae (fulgorids), though they are not among the better-known members of that family that are called "lantern bugs" or "lanternflies" (although as true bugs they are only distantly related to true flies). In 2009, the first molecular analysis of the Fulgoridae challenged the existing structure of eight currently recognized subfamilies and eleven tribes.

Aphaeninae
Flatolystra verrucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Subfamily: Aphaeninae
Blanchard, 1847
Tribes

See text

Aphaeninae contain a number of well-sized fulgorids. If seen flying at a distance, they can be mistaken for Lepidoptera, as they are large winged and boldly patterned, although usually not as colorful as some other fulgorids.

The future of the Aphaeninae as a subfamily is unclear since the species assigned to it are interlineated in the molecular analysis with species of other Fulgoridae subfamilies.[1][2]

Tribes and genera

Tribe Aphaenini

Auth.: Blanchard, 1847 and Distant, 1906 (distribution: worldwide tropics)

  • Anecphora Karsch, 1890 (equatorial Africa)
  • Aphaena Guérin-Méneville, 1834 (type genus: Asia)
  • Calmar (bug) Kirkaldy, 1901 (Gambia)
  • Coelodictya Jacobi, 1910 (E. Africa)
  • Copidocephala Stål, 1869 (Central Americas)
  • Eddara Walker, 1858 (Sub-Saharan Africa)
  • Egregia (bug) Chew Kea Foo, Porion & Audibert, 2010 (Malesia)
  • Holodictya Gerstaecker, 1895 (Equatorial Africa)
  • Hypselometopum Stål, 1853 (Sub-Saharan Africa)
  • Kalidasa Kirkaldy, 1900 (India, Indo-China)
  • Limois Stål, 1863 (Asia: esp. China)
  • Lycorma Stål, 1863 (Asia: incl. invasive sp.)
  • Malfeytia Schmidt, 1905 (Congo basin)
  • Metaphaena Schmidt, 1905 (Central Africa)
  • Novodictya Lallemand, 1928 (Congo basin)
  • Omalocephala Spinola, 1839 (Africa, S. India, Sri Lanka)
  • Penthicodes Blanchard, 1845 (South-East Asia: esp. Indo-China & Malesia)
    • Species in the "artificial, heterogenous genus" Aphaenina Metcalf, 1947 are now synonyms of Penthicodes spp.[3]
  • Prolepta Walker, 1851 (Malesia)
  • Scamandra Stål, 1863[4] (Malesia)
  • Ulasia Stål, 1863 (PNG)

Tribe Benamatapini

Auth.: Lallemand, 1959 (central Africa)

  • Benamatapa Distant, 1899

Tribe Enchophorini

Auth.: Haupt, 1929 (central & south America, Madagascar)

  • Artacie Stål, 1866
  • Belbina Stål, 1863 (Madagascar)
  • Chilobia Stål, 1863
  • Enchophora Spinola, 1839
  • Enhydria Walker, 1858

Incertae sedis
  • Bhaskaraena Constant, 2016 (Malesia)
  • Bloeteanella Lallemand, 1959 (PNG)
  • Flatolystra Nast, 1950 (South America)
  • Neoalcathous Wang & Huang, 1989 (China, Vietnam)
  • Neolieftinckana Lallemand, 1963 (PNG)
  • Saramel Fennah, 1977 (PNG)

Genera formerly placed here
  • Hellerides Lallemand, 1963 is a junior synonym of Zophiuma Fennah, 1955 in the Lophopidae.[5]

The following PNG/Australian genera were previously placed here, but are now in the Poiocerinae: tribe Poiocerini Haupt, 1929:

  • Desudaba Walker, 1858 (formerly in the tribe Aphaenini Schmidt, 1912)
  • Erilla Distant, 1906 (formerly in the tribe Limoisini Lallemand, 1963)
  • Galela Distant, 1906 (formerly in the tribe Aphaenini Schmidt, 1912)
  • The type species of genus Apossoda, A. togoensis Schmidt, 1911, is now placed in Pyrgoteles: P. togoensis (Schmidt, 1911)[6]

References
  1. Urban, Julie M.; Cryan, Jason R. (2009). "Entomologically famous, evolutionarily unexplored: the first phylogeny of the lanternfly family Fulgoridae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 50 (3): 471–484. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.004. PMID 19118634.
  2. "2010 Project Updates from the Cryan Lab" (PDF). University of Connecticut.
  3. Constant, Jerome (2010). "The lanternfly genus Penthicodes: key to the species and review of the "Ereosoma group" with two new species and one new subspecies (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)". Zootaxa. 2523: 1–26. Abstract
  4. Constant, Jerome (2013). "The Oriental lanternfly genus Scamandra: new species and taxonomical notes (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)". Zootaxa. 3709 (2): 134–148. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3709.2.2.
  5. Liang, Ai-Ping (1995). "Taxonomic changes in oriental Fulgoroidea (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 103 (2): 162–164. JSTOR 25010151.
  6. Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (retrieved 26 June 2018)
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