Amyot and Serville 1843a
Funkhouser 1951a
Metcalf and Wade 1965a
Deitz 1975a
McKamey 1998a
Roy 2003a
Godoy, Miranda, and Nishida 2006a
Roy, Guilbert, and Bourgoin 2007a
Wallace 2010a
Gonzalez-Mozo et al. 2017a
McKamey and Sullivan-Beckers 2019a
Animalia → Arthropoda → Insecta → Pterygota → Hemiptera → Auchenorrhyncha → Cicadomorpha → Membracoidea → Membracidae → Darninae
Darnini Amyot and Serville, 1843
Selected references
Taxon images
Darnini
Distribution
Neotropical and Nearctic regions. South and Central America north through Mexico into southwestern United States. Recently, McKamey and Sullivan-Beckers (2019a) described a new species of Hebetica from the eastern US (Kentucky).
Diagnostic characters
Forewings in repose entirely exposed or partially concealed by pronotum. Pro- and mesothoracic femora usually with longitudinal row of cucullate setae ventrally, apposing 1 or 2 similar rows of tibal setae. Metathoracic coxa and trochanter unarmed, femur usually with longitudinal rows of cucullate setae (exceptions: Aspona, Cyphotes, and Taunaya), tibia with 3 longitudinal rows of cucullate setae (exceptions: some Aspona and Alobia without row I). Abdomen with or without conspicuous pits ventrally.
Behavior
Members of the tribe Darnini are thought be solitary as adults and nymphs, do not exhibit parent of care, and are not associated with tending ants or bees (Gonzalez-Mozo et al. 2017a).
Taxonomic constituents
Alcmeone Stål, 1867 Stål, 1867
Alobia Stål, 1869 Stål, 1869
Aspona Stål, 1862 Stål, 1862
Cyphotes Burmeister, 1835 Burmeister, 1835
Darnis Fabricius, 1803 Fabricius, 1803
Dectonura Butler, 1878 Butler, 1878
Hebetica Stål, 1869 Stål, 1869
Hebeticoides Fowler, 1894 Fowler, 1894
Hypheodana Metcalf, 1952 Metcalf, 1952
Leptosticta Stål, 1869 Stål, 1869
Nasuconia Sakakibara, 2007 Sakakibara, 2007
Ochrolomia Stål, 1869 Stål, 1869
Peltosticta Sakakibara, 1976 Sakakibara, 1976
Stictopelta Stål, 1869 Stål, 1869
Sundarion Kirkaldy, 1904 Kirkaldy, 1904
Taunaya Fonseca, 1934 Fonseca, 1934
Prepared by
Lewis L. Deitz, Matthew S. Wallace, and Mark J. Rothschild, 24 October 2019.