Deitz and Dietrich 1993a
Dietrich and Deitz 1993a
McKamey 1998a
Godoy, Miranda, and Nishida 2006a
Animalia → Arthropoda → Insecta → Pterygota → Hemiptera → Auchenorrhyncha → Cicadomorpha → Membracoidea → Membracidae
Endoiastinae Deitz and Dietrich, 1993
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Endoiastinae
Distribution
Diagnostic characters
Pronotum not produced posteriorly over scutellum, with or without anteromedian horn. Scutellum acuminate, keeled posteriorly. Forewing opaquely sclerotized to near apex or throughout, claval apex acuminate; apical limbus narrow. Hind wing with reduced venation, crossvein r-m present (Stictodepsa) or veins R4+5 and M1+2 fused distally, marginal vein reduced (Stictodepsa) or absent; apex with dense semicircular chaetoids.
Discussion
The monotypic subfamily Endoiastinae includes only the nominotypical tribe Endoiastini.
Taxonomic constituents
Endoiastini Deitz and Dietrich, 1993 Deitz and Dietrich, 1993
Prepared by
Christopher H. Dietrich, Albino M. Sakakibara, Stuart H. McKamey, Lewis L. Deitz, Olivia Evangelista, Matthew S. Wallace, and Mark J. Rothschild, 24 June 2013.