Goding 1892a
Funkhouser 1927f
Funkhouser 1951a
Metcalf and Wade 1965a
Deitz 1975a
Kopp and Yonke 1979a
McKamey 1998a
Godoy, Miranda, and Nishida 2006a
Wallace 2010a
Animalia → Arthropoda → Insecta → Pterygota → Hemiptera → Auchenorrhyncha → Cicadomorpha → Membracoidea → Membracidae → Smiliinae
Ceresini Goding, 1892
Synonyms (and unplaced invalid names)
Selected references
Taxon images
Ceresini
1.Ceresa testacea
2.Stictocephala bisonia
3.Spissistilus festinus
4.Tortistilus inermis
5.Cyphonia clavata
6.Eucyphonia bifurcata
7.Poppea concinna
8.Proxolonia fonseca
9.Parantonae dipteroides
10.Trichaetipyga juniperina
11.Paraceresa bifasciata
Distribution
Neotropical and Nearctic regions; introduced to Palearctic and Oceanic regions.
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Diagnostic characters
Pronotum not concealing forewing in repose, with or without suprahumeral horns or elevated median carina or both; posterior process simple to elevated, ornate, and trispinose. Forewing with veins R and M fused basally and strongly divergent for short distance near middle of wing; vein R 2+3 present as distinct branch of R. Hind wing without r-m crossvein but veins R4+5 and M1+2 confluent for short distance near apex and gradually divergent beyond; R2+3 present as marginal vein. Female second valvulae narrow and elongate.
Immatures
Ceresini: Immatures
1.Stictocephala bisonia
2.unidentified ceresine nymph
3.unidentified ceresine nymph
Taxonomic constituents
Amblyophallus Kopp and Yonke, 1979 Kopp and Yonke, 1979
Anisostylus Caldwell, 1949 Caldwell, 1949
Antonae Stål, 1867 Stål, 1867
Ceresa Amyot and Serville, 1843 Amyot and Serville, 1843
Clepsydrius Fowler, 1895 Fowler, 1895
Cyphonia Laporte, 1832 Laporte, 1832
Eucyphonia Sakakibara, 1968 Sakakibara, 1968
Hadrophallus Kopp and Yonke, 1979 Kopp and Yonke, 1979
Ilithucia Stål, 1867 Stål, 1867
Melusinella Metcalf, 1965 Metcalf, 1965
Paraceresa Kopp and Yonke, 1979 Kopp and Yonke, 1979
Parantonae Fowler, 1895 Fowler, 1895
Poppea Stål, 1867 Stål, 1867
Proxolonia Sakakibara, 1969 Sakakibara, 1969
Spissistilus Caldwell, 1949 Caldwell, 1949
Stictocephala Stål, 1869 Stål, 1869
Stictolobus Metcalf, 1916 Metcalf, 1916
Tapinolobus Sakakibara, 1969 Sakakibara, 1969
Tortistilus Caldwell, 1949 Caldwell, 1949
Trichaetipyga Caldwell, 1949 Caldwell, 1949
Vestistiloides Andrade, 2003 Andrade, 2003
Vestistilus Caldwell, 1949 Caldwell, 1949
Prepared by
Lewis L. Deitz, Matthew S. Wallace, Stuart H. McKamey, Mark J. Rothschild and Albino M. Sakakibara, 24 June 2013.
