Haupt 1929c
Metcalf and Wade 1965a
Deitz 1975a
McKamey 1998a
Godoy, Miranda, and Nishida 2006a
Wallace 2010a
Animalia → Arthropoda → Insecta → Pterygota → Hemiptera → Auchenorrhyncha → Cicadomorpha → Membracoidea → Membracidae → Membracinae
Hypsoprorini Haupt, 1929
Synonyms (and unplaced invalid names)
Notocerini Funkhouser, 1951, Pterygiini Goding, 1926
Selected references
Taxon images
Hypsoprorini
1.Notocera
2.Notocera
3.
Jibarita borincana...
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4.Hypsoprora
5.Hypsoprorachis
6.Philya
7.Scalmophorus
8.Cladonota
9.Cladonota
Distribution
Neotropical and Nearctic regions: through much of South and Central America, the West Indies, Mexico, and as far north as the southwestern United States.
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Diagnostic characters
Pronotum with frontal, dorsal, or lateral processes. Forewing venation simple to partially reticulate; claval apex acuminate; apical limbus broad (at least in part). Pro- and mesothoracic tibiae foliaceous. Metathoracic tibial rows I (except Scalmophorus) and II with cucullate setae, row III absent; tarsus not greatly reduced.
Taxonomic constituents
Cladonota Stål, 1869 Stål, 1869
Hypsoprora Stål, 1869 Stål, 1869
Hypsoprorachis Fonseca and Diringshofen, 1969 Fonseca and Diringshofen, 1969
Jibarita Ramos, 1957 Ramos, 1957
Notocera Amyot and Serville, 1843 Amyot and Serville, 1843
Philya Walker, 1858 Walker, 1858
Scalmophorus Fowler, 1894 Fowler, 1894
Prepared by
Lewis L. Deitz, Matthew S. Wallace, and Mark J. Rothschild, 7 May 2011.
