Darninae Amyot and Serville, 1843

Synonyms (and unplaced invalid names)
Hyphinoinae Haupt, 1929
Selected references
Amyot and Serville 1843a
Funkhouser 1927f
Funkhouser 1951a
Metcalf and Wade 1965a section 1; section 2
Deitz 1975a
McKamey 1998a
Godoy, Miranda, and Nishida 2006a
Wallace 2010a
McKamey and Sullivan-Beckers 2019a
Overview
Deitz (1975a) presented an overview of the Darninae including illustrated descriptions of the subfamily and its five tribes (one of which was new), along with a key these tribes.
Taxon history
In Metcalf and Wade (1965a) section 1 catalogue, the Darninae included the tribes Darnini, Cymbomorphini, Hyphinoini, Hemikyphini, Aconophorini, and Heternotini. Deitz (1975a) redefined the Darninae to include Darnini, Cymbomorphini, Hyphinoini, Hemikyphini, and new tribe Procyrtini, but moved the Aconophorini to the subfamily Membracidae, and referred the Heteronotini to a separate subfamily (Heteronotinae).
Taxon images
Darninae
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1.Alcmeone
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2.Atypa
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3.Bubalopa furcata
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4.Cymbomorpha
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5.Darnis
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6.Germariana terminalis
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7.Hanstruempelia ceresina
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8.Hebetica sylviae
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9. Hebetica sylviae, nym...
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10.Hemikyptha punctata
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11.Hyphinoe
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12.Procyrta
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13.Stictopelta
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14.Sundarion
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15.unidentified nymph (Darnini)
 
Distribution
Neotropical and Nearctic regions. Known from much of South and Central America north into Mexico and the southwestern United States, but not from the West Indies. Recently, McKamey and Sullivan-Beckers (2019a) described a new species of Hebetica from the eastern US (Kentucky).
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Diagnostic characters
Pronotum convex or greatly expanded dorsally (often with further modifications), posterior process entirely concealing scutellum and often partially concealing forewings in repose. Forewings, if fully exposed in repose, with 1 r-m and 2 m-cu crossveins (exception: some Cymbomorpha without r-m but R4+5 and M1+2 confluent short distance then convergent distally); if wings partially concealed by pronotum, with same number or fewer crossveins; apical limbus broad; claval apex truncate. Pro- and mesothoracic femora sometimes with (most Darnini) longitudinal row of cucullate setae ventrally; tibiae simple, not foliaceous. Metathoracic leg sometimes with coxal and trochantral processes (Cymbomorpha) or with trochantral spines (Procrytini); femur with (Procyrtini and many Darninae ) or without longitudinal row of cucullate setae; tibia with cucullate setae in row III, but Hemikythini and some Darninae without cucullate in row I or row I and II. Female second valvulae usually bearing 1-6 dorsal teeth (occasionally none), teeth irregularly spaced if numerous (Atypa).
Description
See Deitz (1975a) for a description of this subfamily.
Taxonomic constituents
Prepared by
Lewis L. Deitz, Matthew S. Wallace, Stuart H. McKamey, and Mark J. Rothschild, 24 October 2023.