Haupt 1929c
Metcalf and Wade 1965a
Deitz 1975a
McKamey 1998a
Wallace and Deitz 2004a
Wallace 2010a
Animalia → Arthropoda → Insecta → Pterygota → Hemiptera → Auchenorrhyncha → Cicadomorpha → Membracoidea → Membracidae → Centrotinae
Platycentrini Haupt, 1929
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Taxon images
Platycentrini
Distribution
Neotropical and Nearctic regions. This tribe occurs only the Northern Hemisphere from Neotropical and Nearctic Mexico north into the southwestern United States.
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Diagnostic characters
Pronotum with or without suprahumeral horns; posterior process entirely concealing scutellum, process either not reaching or not significantly surpassing m-cu3 crossvein of forewing. Female second valvulae not curved, base narrow then gradually broadened before midpoint and gently tapering beyond; dorsal teeth fine, not extending to apex.
Chromosome numbers
Unknown.
Host plants
All host records are from the plant family Leguminosae.
Behavior
At least one species, Platycentrus acuticornis, is subsocial.
Taxonomic constituents
Platycentrus Stål, 1869 Stål, 1869
Tylocentrus Van Duzee, 1908 Van Duzee, 1908
Prepared by
Matthew S. Wallace and Lewis L. Deitz, 22 February 2011.
