drawing of forewing and head of Rhotana latipennis, male lectotype (click on image to enlarge it)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fulgoroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamilia: Fulgoroidea

Familia: Derbidae
Subfamilia: Otiocerinae
Tribus: Rhotanini
Rhotanini Muir 1917
Genera (8): Alara – Dichotropis – Levu – Muiralevu – Rhotana – Rhotanella – Saccharodite – Sumangala

Members of the tribe Rhotanini are characterized by their small size and the broad forewings which have a basal median cell which does not surpass the first third of the forewing. An illustrated key to the genera of the Rhotanini can be found at Species-ID.

References

  • Zelazny, B. 1981: The Philippines species of Rhotanini (Homoptera: Derbidae) and their distribution outside the Philippines. Pacific Insects, 23(3-4): 213–285. PDF
  • Zelazny, B.; Webb, M.D. 2011: Revision of the planthopper tribe Rhotanini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae). Zootaxa, 3071: 1–307. Preview
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