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Family Flatidae Spinola, 1839
Subfamily Flatinae Spinola, 1839
Tribe Selizini Melichar, 1923: 86
Type genus: Seliza Stål, 1862: 490.
Synonyms:
None.
Distribution:
World tropics.
Included genera
This tribe includes 18 New World and 35 Old World genera
New World
- Anadascalia Melichar, 1923: 103 (type-species Dascalia ornata Melichar 1902)
- Cyarda Walker 1958: 121 (type-species Cyarda difformis Walker 1858); syn. Gelastophantia Kirkaldy, 1904: 280 (type species Poekilloptera acuminipennisSpinola 1839: 445); syn. by Schulze 1929: 1351.
- Dascalia Stål 1862: 68 (type-species Poeciloptera sinuatipennis Stal 1862: 12: syn. Eudascalia Melichar, 1923 (type species Eudascalia sinuatipennisMelichar 1923: 101); syn. by Metcalf 1938: 399.
- Dascaliomorpha Melichar, 1923: (type-species Dascalia confusa Melichar 1902: 151)
- Deocerus Metcalf & Bruner, 1948 (type-species Neocerus corniculatus Melichar 1902); syn. Neocerus Melichar, 1902: 199 (nec Wasmann 1893, type speciesNeocerus corniculatus Melichar 1902); syn. by Metcalf and Bruner 1948: 74.
- Euhyloptera Fennah, 1945: 499 (type species Euhyloptera corticalis Fennah, 1945)
- Eurocalia Van Duzee, 1907 (type species Eurocalia collaris Van Duzee 1907); syn. Flatidula Metcalf & Bruner, 1948 (type species Flatidula lulla Metcalf & Brunner 1948); syn. by Fennah 1965: 120)
- Eurocerus Metcalf 1945: 135 (type species Eurocerus sinuatus Metcalf 1945: 135)
- Exoma Melichar, 1902 (type-species Exoma viduata Melichar 1902: 158; jr syn of Ormenis robusta Uhler); syn. Leocerus Metcalf & Bruner, 1948 (type speciesLeocerus fuscus Metcalf & Bruner, 1948); syn by Fennah 1965: 108.
- Hyphancylus Fowler, 1910: 317 (type-species Hyphancylus falcatus Fowler 1904)
- Leptodascalia Melichar, 1923: 102 (type-species Dascalia albomaculata Melichar 1902: 150)
- Locrona Fennah 1941: 205 (type-species Ormenis nigrospersa Fennah 1941: 205)
- Mistharnophantia Kirkaldy, 1907: 65 (type species Mistharnophantia sonorana Kirkaldy, 1907); syn. Rhynchopteryx Van Duzee, 1914: 43 (type speciesRhynchopteryx caudata Van Duzee, 1914); syn by. Doering & Shepard 1947: 111.
- Paradascalia Metcalf, 1938 (type-species Cicada grisea Fabricius 1775)
- Planodascalia Metcalf & Bruner, 1948 (type species Planodascalia viridicosta Metcalf & Bruner)
- Pseudodascalia Melichar 1923 (type-species Flatoides quadratus Walker, 1851)
- Samcerus Medler 1993:442 (type species Samcerus serendipus Medler, 1993)
- Scarposa Uhler 1895: 72 (type species Scarposa tumida Uhler 1895)
Old World (the follow list is formative; I have not fully reviewed the literature; links on this list are to Murray Fletcher’s website at New South Wales Government Industry and Investment NSW).
- Afrocyarda Fennah, 1965
- Afrodascalia Fennah, 1958
- Afroseliza Fennah, 1961
- Anaya Distant, 1906: 477
- Anidora Melichar, 1901 (New Pomerania)
- Austrodascalia Fletcher, 1988 (Type species Austrodascalia evansorum Fletcher 1988)
- Barsac Fletcher, 1988 (type species Barsac cinerascens Fletcher 1988)
- Cryptobarsac Fletcher & Moir, 2002 (Type species: Cryptobarsac rubriops Fletcher & Moir 2002: 222)
- Cyphopterum Melichar, 1905 (south Europe, Canary Islands, N Africa) (attributed to Amyot & Serville by Melichar 1923)
- Dascalina Melichar, 1902 (Type species: Dascalina aegrota Melichar 1902: 155 ) (Australia)
- Dascanga Medler, 2000
- Derisa Melichar, 1901 (Iran)
- Eurima Melichar, 1901 (middle east)
- Farona Melichar, 1901 (India)
- Gomeda Distant, 1906 (India, Sri Lanka)
- Grapaldus Distant, 1914 (Papua New Guinea)
- Hameishara Linnavuori, 1973
- Jamella Kirkaldy, 1906: 460 (Australia)
- Juba Jacobi, 1901 (southern Africa)
- Ketumala Distant, 1906: 446
- Massila Walker, 1862 ( Type species: Massila sicca Walker 1862 ) (Australia)
- Meulona Zia, 1935 (Africa)
- Mosiona Melichar, 1923 (Socotra Island)
- Paraflatoptera Lallemand, 1939 – (Sarawak)
- Paragomeda Distant, 1914 (India)
- Paraketumala Distant, 1912 (India)
- Paraseliza Melichar, 1923 (Tanganyika)
- Pseudoseliza Peng, Wang & Zhang, 2010
- Satapa Distant, 1906
- Seliza Stål, 1862: 213 (Type species Poeciloptera vidua Stål, 1854) (Indomalayan, Africa…)
- Stenocyarda Fennah, 1965
- Talopsus Medler, 1989
- Urana Melichar, 1901 (Madagascar)
- Zarudnya Melichar, 1901 (Middle East, N Africa)
- Zecheuna Zia, 1935 (south China, Indochina; in Flatoidinae in Metcalf)
Apparently removed from Selizini
- Uxantis Stål, 1870: 775 (Flatoidinae in Metcalf, 1957)
List compiled primarily from Melichar (1923), Metcalf (1957), FLOW (Bourgoin 2013) and an unpublished list by Lois O’Brien.
Recognition:
Metcalf (1938) noted that this tribe has the tegmina elongate, sometimes distally narrowed, with the apical margin truncate or sinuate.
Genera north of Mexico (Photos by Kimberley Shropshire, Department of Entomology, University of Delaware)
P. edax above, undet species from Mexico below.
From Mexico
Key to the American Genera of the tribe Selizini (Modified from Metcalf (1938; in turn modified from Melichar 1923)
(I will further revise and illustrate at a later date).
1. Sutural angle of the tegmina [the dorsal apex of the wing while in repose] not prolonged – 3
1.’ Sutural angle of the tegmina prolonged but rounded – 2
2. Posterior tibiae with one spine – Deocerus Metcalf & Bruner 1948 (as Neocerus Melichar 1901a: 199)
2.’ Posterior tibiae with two spines – Eurocalia Van Duzee 1907a: 40
3. Tegmina broad at base, much narrowed caudad – 4
3.’ Tegmina long and narrow not especially narrowed posteriorly – 7
4. Hind wings rudimentary – Mistharnophantia Kirkaldy 1907: 65
4.’ Hind wings well developed – 5
5. Tegmina slightly narrowed apically – Scarposa Uhler 1895a: 72
5.’ Tegmina strongly narrowed apically – 6
6. Tegmina three or four times as long as broad, with the apical margin obliquely truncate – Cyarda Walker 1858b: 121
6.’ Tegmina but little longer than broad, produced into an acute point – Mistharnophantia Kirkaldy 19071: 65
7. Tegmina without a subapical line – Exoma Melichar 1901a :200
7.’ Tegmina with two subapical lines – 8
8. The two subapical lines broadly curved and parallel to the apical border – 9
8.’ One or both subapical lines sinuate – – 10
9. Three longitudinal carinae on the forehead – Paradascalia Metcalf, 1938: 399.
9.’ An oblique transverse carina at the base of the forehead – Anadascalia Melichar 1923a: 103
10. Anterior subapical line only sinuate – 11
10.’ Both subapical lines sinuate – Pseudodascalia Melichar 1923a: 102
11. Forehead with three carinae; base of the clavus strongly elevated – Dascalia Stål 1862e: 68
11.’ Forehead with a median carina only, sometimes not complete; base of clavus not elevated – 12
12. Base of the forehead concave; apical margin of the tegmina obliquely truncate – Dascalimorpha Melichar 1923a: 103
12.’ Forehead flat; apical margin of the Tegmina broadly sinuate – Leptodascalia Melichar 1923a: 102
Websites:
Selizini at Encyclopedia of Life here. Selizini is here on Bugguide. The Australian taxa are listed here, with links to genus pages, included photos.
Selected references:
[still adding references; older references can be found by searching Dr. Metcalf]
Bartlett, C. R., L. B. O’Brien and S. W. Wilson. 2014. A review of the planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) of the United States. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 50: 1-287.
Bourgoin Th. 2013. FLOW (Fulgoromorpha Lists on The Web): a world knowledge base dedicated to Fulgoromorpha. Version 8, updated 18.ii.2013. http://hemiptera-databases.org/flow/
Caldwell, J. S. and L. F. Martorell. 1951 [dated1950]. Review of the Auchenorynchous [sic] Homoptera of Puerto Rico. Part II. The Fulgoroidea except Kinnaridae. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 34(2): 133-269.
Fennah, R. G. 1965. New Species of Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from the West Indies. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 117(4): 95-126.
Fennah, R. G. 1971. Fulgoroidea from the Cayman Islands and adjacent Areas. Journal of Natural History 5: 299-342.
Fowler, W. W. 1900. Order Rhynchota. Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. (Continued). In: Biologia Centrali-Americana 1: 44-76.
Kirkaldy, G. W. 1904c. Bibliographical and nomenclatorial notes on the Hemiptera. No. 3. Entomologist 37: 279-283.
Lethierry, L. F. 1890. Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887-Avril 1888) 9e mémoire Hémiptères Homoptères. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. (Ser. 6) 10: 147-160.
Medler, J. T. 1993. Types of Flatidae (Homoptera) 28. Lectotype designations for Fowler and Melichar type specimens in the Museum of Natura History in Vienna, with 2 New genera and a New species. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B Botanik und Zoologie 94-95: 433-450.
Melichar, L. 1902a. Monographie der Acanaloniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera) (Fortsetzung.). Annalen des k. k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. 17 :1-253. Plate(s): 1-9.
Melichar, L. 1905. Genera tria Fulgoridarum mundi antiqui. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 3: 473-477.
Melichar, L. 1923a. Homoptera, fam. Acanaloniidae, Flatidae et Ricaniidae. Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles 182: 1-185.
Metcalf, Z. P. 1923a. A key to the Fulgoridae of Eastern North America with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 38(3): 139-230, plus 32 plates.
Metcalf, Z. P. 1938a. The Fulgorina of Barro Colorado and other parts of Panama. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 82: 277-423.
Metcalf, Z. P. 1945 Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana. Zoologica [Scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society] 30(3): 125-143.
Metcalf, Z. P. 1957. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea, Part 13, Flatidae and Hypochthonellidae. North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina. Pp. 1-565.
Metcalf, Z. P. and S. C. Bruner. 1948. Cuban Flatidae with new species from adjacent regions. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 41: 63-118.
Peng. Ling-Fei, Ying-Lun Wang and Ya-Lin Zhang. 2010. A new genus and one new species of the Tribe Selizini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae) from China, with a checklist of the tribe from the Oriental Region. Zootaxa 2420: 46-52.
Peng. Ling-Fei, Y. L. Zhang and Y. L. Wang. 2010. Gomeda Distant (Hemiptera: Flatidae: Selizini), a new record for China with description of a new species. Entomotaxonomia 32(1): 29-32.
Schaum, H. R. 1850. Fulgorellae. Allegemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Kunste in alnhaberischen folge von Genannten Schriftstellern bearbeitet und herausgegeben von I. S. Ersch und I. G. Gruber mit Kupfern und Charten. Erster Section A -G. 51:58-73.
Schulze, F. E., W. Kükenthal and K. Heider. 1929b. Fa-Halya. In Nomenclator animalium generum et subgenerum; im auftrage der Preussischen akademie der wissenschaften zu Berlin. Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 3 (11):1299-1458.
Spinola, M. 1839. Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Rhyngotes. (Suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 8: 339-454.
Stål, C. 1854. Nya Hemiptera. Ofversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 11: 231-255.
Stål, C. 1862b. Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Ofversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 19: 479-504.
Stål, C. 1862e. Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-fauna. II. Svenska vetenskaps-akademiens handlingar 3 (6):1-75.
Stål, C. 1864a. Hemiptera mexicana enumeravit speciesque novas descripsit. (Continuatio). Entomologische Zeitung. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin 25:49-86.
Stål, C. 1869a. Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de i Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 2. Svenska vetenskaps-akademiens handlingar 8 (1):1-130.
Stroiñski, A. and D. Swierczewski. 2012. Revision of an extraordinary Selizini genus Urana Melichar, 1902 from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae). Journal of Natural History 46(41-42): 2577-2593.
Van Duzee, E. P. 1907a. Notes on Jamaican Hemiptera: A report on a collection of Hemiptera made on the island of Jamaica in the spring of 1906. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 8(5): 3-79.
Walker, F. 1851. List of the specimens of Homopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London. 2: 261-636.
Walker, F. 1858b. Supplement. List of the specimens of Homopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum 1858: 1-307.