Hylicinae is a subfamily in the family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers).
Description Hylicine leafhoppers are moderately robust insects and are brownish to greyish in colouration. They feed on Dicotyledon trees and shrubs.
Distribution This subfamily is mostly confined to the Afrotropical and Indomalayan regions.
Tribes and genera There are three tribes in the subfamily.
Hylicini Erected by Distant in 1908. Assiringia Distant, 1908 Hylica Stål, 1863 Traiguma Distant, 1908 Wolfella Spinola, 1850
Malmaemichungiini Erected by Metcalf in 1962. It is monotypic. Melliola Hedicke, 1923
Sudrini Erected by Schmidt, E. in 1962. Balala Distant, 1908 Hatigoria Distant, 1908 Hemisudra Schmidt, E., 1911 Kalasha Distant, 1908 Karasekia Melichar, 1912 Nacolus Jacobi, 1914 Parasudra Schmidt, E., 1909 Pseudosudra Schmidt, E., 1920 Sudra Distant, 1908
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