Animalia → Arthropoda → Insecta → Pterygota → Hemiptera → Auchenorrhyncha → Cicadomorpha → Membracoidea → Membracidae → Centrotinae
Beaufortianini Wallace and Deitz, 2004
Selected references
Wallace and Deitz 2004a
Taxon images
Beaufortianini
1.Beaufortiana distantii
2.Centrolobus africanus
3.Centrotusoides muiri
4.Centruchus fuscipennis
5.Dukeobelus simplex
6.Imporcitor typicus
7.Mabokiana teocchii
8.Maguva nigra
Distribution
Afrotropical, Palearctic, Indomalayan, and Australian regions.
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Diagnostic characters
Pronotum usually with suprahumeral horns (exception: horns absent in Dukeobelus); posterior process straight or curved dorsally at base, appressed against scutellum only in Centrotusoides. Female second valvuale not broadened. Male lateral plate with long dorsoapical lobe extending dorsally (exception: lobe absent in Centruchus); style clasp oriented laterally thickened, expanded dorsoventrally and laterally with sclerotized ridge (exception: clasp elliptical or wedgelike in _ Maguva_), angled ventrally.
Chromosome numbers
Unknown.
Taxonomic constituents
Beaufortiana Distant, 1916 Distant, 1916
Centrolobus Capener, 1968 Capener, 1968
Centrotusoides Distant, 1916 Distant, 1916
Centruchus Stål, 1866 Stål, 1866
Dukeobelus Capener, 1952 Capener, 1952
Imporcitor Distant, 1916 Distant, 1916
Mabokiana Boulard, 1976 Boulard, 1976
Maguva Melichar, 1903 Melichar, 1903
Prepared by
Matthew S. Wallace, Lewis L. Deitz, and Mark J. Rothschild, 15 April 2011.
