Evacanthinae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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
Infraordo: Cicadomorpha
Superfamilia: Membracoidea

Familia:Cicadellidae
Subfamilia: Evacanthinae
Tribus (4): Balbillini – Evacanthini – Nirvanini – Pagaroniini

Genera Unassigned (2): Evanirvana – Pentoffia
Overview of genera (72)

Aequoreus – Afrokana – Afronirvana – Antillonirvana – Apphia – Australnirvana – Balbillus – Boundarus – Buloria – Bundera – Carchariacephalus – Carinata – Chibchanirvana – Chudania – Concaveplana – Concavocorona – Convexana – Convexfronta – Crispina – Cunedda – Decursusnirvana – Diramus – Draconirvana – Epiacanthus – Euronirvanella – Evacanthus – Evanirvana – Extensus – Friscanus – Jassonirvana – Jassosqualus – Kana – Kasunga – Kosasia – Kurotsuyanus – Mainda – Mediporus – Multiformis – Narecho – Neonirvana – Nirvana – Nirvanoides – Oniella – Onukia – Onukiades – Onukindia – Ophiuchus – Pactana – Pagaronia – Paraonukia – Parapythamus – Pentoffia – Processus – Pythamus – Pythochandra – Pythonirvana – Risefronta – Riseveinus – Shortcrowna – Simaonukia – Sinonirvana – Sophonia – Stenotortor – Striatanus – Subulatus – Synogonia – Tahura – Taperus – Tengirhinus – Tortor – Transvenosus – Vangama
Name

Evacanthinae Metcalf, 1939
References

Dietrich, C.H. 2011: A remarkable new genus of Nirvanini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 2970: 63–67. Preview
Li, Y.-J.; Li, Z.-Z. 2011: Parapythamus, a new genus of Evacanthinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from China. Zootaxa, 3004: 40–44. Preview
Li, Y-j., Li, Z-z. & Yang, M-F. 2015: A review of the leafhopper genus Subulatus Yang & Zhang (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae), with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa 3914(1): 77–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.1.6. Reference page.
Meshram, N.M. & Rai, S. 2017. A new species of genus Nirvana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) with note on female genitalia from India. Zootaxa 4303(2): 264–272. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.6. Reference page.
Viraktamath, C.A. & Webb, M.D. 2018. Revision of the evacanthine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) of the Indian subcontinent. Zootaxa 4386(1): 1–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4386.1.1 Reference page.
Wang, Y., Dietrich, C.H. & Zhang, Y-L. 2016. Australnirvana, a new leafhopper genus of Nirvanini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) from Australia. Zootaxa 4168(1): 134–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.6. Reference page.
Wang, Y., Vikratamath, C.A. & Zhang, Y-L. 2015: Mediporus, a new genus of the leafhopper subfamily Evacanthinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), with a key to genera of the Evacanthini. Zootaxa 3964(3): 379–385. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.3.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Wang, Y. & Zhang, Y-L. 2015. Transvenosus, a new genus in the leafhopper subfamily Evacanthinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), with description of one new species. Zootaxa 4052(5): 595–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.5.9. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Zhang, X.; Zhang, Y.; Wei, C. 2010: Review of the leafhopper genus Riseveinus Li (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae), with descriptions of two new species from China. Zootaxa, 2601: 61–68. Preview

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Evacanthinae - Taxon details in World Auchenorrhyncha Database

Evacanthinae is a subfamily in the family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers).

Distribution

Members of Evacanthinae are found worldwide and are on every continent except for Antarctica.
Tribes and genera

There are five tribes in the subfamily, some of which were subfamilies of their own.[1]
Balbillini

Erected by Baker in 1923. They are found in the Afrotropical and Indomalayan realms. Their colour is mostly dull, being yellowish to greyish in appearance.

Balbillus Distant, 1908
Stenotortor Baker, 1923

Evacanthini

Erected by Metcalf in 1939. They are distributed across most of the Northern Hemisphere and into the Indomalayan realm.

Apphia Distant, 1918
Boundarus Li & Wang, 1998
Bundera Distant, 1908
Carinata Li & Wang, 1992
Concavocorona Wang & Zhang, 2014
Convexana Li, 1994
Cunedda Distant, 1918
Diramus Wang & Zhang, 2013
Evacanthus Le Peletier & Serville, 1825
Mainda Distant, 1908
Mediporus Wang & Zhang, 2015
Multiformis Li & Li, 2012
Onukia Matsumura, 1912
Onukiades Ishihara, 1963
Onukindia Viraktamath & Webb, 2018
Paraonukia Ishihara, 1963
Parapythamus Li & Li, 2011
Processus Huang, 1992
Pythamus Melichar, 1903
Pythochandra Wei & Webb, 2014
Risefronta Li & Wang, 2001
Riseveinus Li, 1995
Shortcrowna Li & Li, 2014
Simaonukia Li & Li, 2017
Striatanus Li & Wang, 1995
Subulatus Yang & Zhang, 2001
Taperus Li & Wang, 1994
Tengirhinus Ishihara, 1953
Transvenosus Wang & Zhang, 2015
Vangama Distant, 1908

Nirvanini

Erected by Baker in 1923. They are distributed mostly throughout the Southern Hemisphere, but species have spread globally. This tribe previously made up the subfamily Nirvaninae.

Aequoreus Huang, 1989
Afrokana Heller, 1972
Afronirvana Evans, 1955
Antillonirvana Dietrich, 2004
Australnirvana Wang, Dietrich & Zhang, 2016
Buloria Distant, 1908
Carchariacephalus Montrouzier, 1861
Chibchanirvana Dietrich, 2004
Chudania Distant, 1908
Concaveplana Chen & Li, 1998
Convexfronta Li, 1997
Crispina Distant, 1918
Decursusnirvana Gao, Dai & Zhang, 2014
Euronirvanella Evans, 1966
Extensus Huang, 1989
Jassonirvana Baker, 1923
Jassosqualus Kramer, 1964
Kana) Distant, 1908
Kasunga Linnavuori, 1979
Kosasia Distant, 1910
Narecho Jacobi, 1910
Neonirvana Oman, 1936
Nirvana Kirkaldy, 1900
Nirvanoides Baker, 1923
Oniella Matsumura, 1912
Ophiuchus Ophiuchus
Pactana Linnavuori, 1960
Pythonirvana Baker, 1923
Sinonirvana Gao, Dai & Zhang, 2014
Sophonia Walker, F., 1870
Synogonia Melichar, 1926
Tahura Melichar, 1926
Tortor Kirkaldy, 1907

Pagaroniini

Erected by Anufriev in 1978.

Friscanina Anufriev, 1978
Pagaroniina Anufriev, 1978
Epiacanthus Matsumura, 1902
Friscanus Oman, 1938
Kurotsuyanus Ishihara, 1953
Pagaronia Ball, 1902

Pentoffiini

Erected by Wang, Dietrich & Zhang, 2017.[1]

Draconirvana Dietrich, 2011
Pentoffia Kramer, 1964

Incertae sedis

Genera without placement.

Evanirvana Hill, 1973

References

Wang, Yang; Dietrich, Christopher H.; Zhang, Yalin (2017-04-03). "Phylogeny and historical biogeography of leafhopper subfamily Evacanthinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) based on morphological and molecular data". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 45387. doi:10.1038/srep45387. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5377372. PMID 28368039.