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Centrotinae
Centrotinae is a subfamily within the treehoppers (Membracidae) and is the largest and only subfamily with a worldwide distribution of species. There are nearly 1350 species placed in 216 genera. Species in the genus make use of a wide range of host plants belonging to 105 plant families with dominant ones being Leguminosae, Compositae, Solanaceae, and Euphorbiaceae. Most species have relationships with ants that tend them for honeydew. The Centrotinae typically have the posterior pronotal process...
29 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Centrotini
tribeCentrotini
Gargarini
tribeGargarini
Leptocentrini
tribeLeptocentrini
Terentiini
tribeTerentiini
Oxyrhachini
tribeOxyrhachini
Boocerini
tribeBoocerini
Leptobelini
tribeLeptobelini
Hypsaucheniini
tribeHypsaucheniini
Centrotypini
tribeCentrotypini
Centrodontini
tribeCentrodontini
Maarbarini
tribeMaarbarini
Centrocharesini
tribeCentrocharesini
Nessorhinini
tribeNessorhinini
Platycentrini
tribePlatycentrini
Ebhuloidesini
tribeEbhuloidesini
Choucentrini
tribeChoucentrini
Elaphiceps
genusElaphiceps
Lobocentrini
tribeLobocentrini
Monobelini
tribeMonobelini
Micreunini
tribeMicreunini
Xiphopoeini
tribeXiphopoeini
Selenacentrus
genusSelenacentrus
Boccharini
tribeBoccharini
Beaufortianini
tribeBeaufortianini
Sinocentrus
genusSinocentrus
Insitor
genusInsitor
Centrobelus
genusCentrobelus
Aspasiana
genusAspasiana
Pieltainellini
tribePieltainellini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Centrotinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 362469.