Evacanthinae

Evacanthus nigramericanus

Evacanthinae is a subfamily in the family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers).

Distribution

Members of Evacanthinae are found worldwide and are on every continent except for Antarctica.

Tribes and genera

There are five tribes in the subfamily, some of which were subfamilies of their own.^[1]

Balbillini

Erected by Baker in 1923. They are found in the Afrotropical and Indomalayan realms. Their colour is mostly dull, being yellowish to greyish in appearance.

• Balbillus Distant, 1908
• Stenotortor Baker, 1923

Evacanthini

Erected by Metcalf in 1939. They are distributed across most of the Northern Hemisphere and into the Indomalayan realm.

Nirvanini

Erected by Baker in 1923. They are distributed mostly throughout the Southern Hemisphere, but species have spread globally. This tribe previously made up the subfamily Nirvaninae.

Pagaroniini

Erected by Anufriev in 1978.

• Friscanina Anufriev, 1978
• Pagaronina Anufriev, 1978
• Epiacanthus Matsumura, 1902
• Friscanus Oman, 1938
• Kurotsuyanus Ishihara, 1953
• Pagaronia Ball, 1902

Pentoffiini

Erected by Wang, Dietrich & Zhang, 2017.^[1]

• Draconirvana Dietrich, 2011
• Pentoffia Kramer, 1964

Incertae sedis

Genera without placement.

• Evanirvana Hill, 1973

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