Faltalini is a tribe of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae. Faltalini is distributed from the southwestern United States south to Argentina and Chile. It contains 11 genera and over 25 species.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Subfamily: | Deltocephalinae |
| Tribe: | Faltalini Zahniser & Dietrich, 2010 |
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11, see text. | |
Genera
editThere are currently 11 described genera in Faltalini:[1][2]
- Ackbaria Campodonico & Zahniser, 2017
- Acrolithus Freytag & Ma, 1988
- Aequecephalus DeLong & Thambimuttu, 1973
- Bonamus Oman, 1938
- Clorindaia Linnavuori, 1975
- Faltala Oman, 1938
- Hecalocorica Nielson, 1996
- Hecullus Oman, 1949
- Kramerana DeLong & Thambimuttu, 1973
- Tenucephalus DeLong, 1944
- Virganana DeLong & Thambimuttu, 1973
References
edit- ^ a b Zahniser, James N; Dietrich, Chris (2013-05-29). "A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (45). doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.45. ISSN 2118-9773.
- ^ a b Campodonico, Juan F.; Zahniser, James N. (2017). "A new genus and species of grass specialist short-winged leafhopper from Chile and Argentina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Faltalini)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 57 (2): 381–390. doi:10.1515/aemnp-2017-0082.