Signoretiinae

{{automatic taxobox| | taxon = Signoretiinae | authority = C.F.Baker, 1915 | subdivision_ranks = Tribes | subdivision = * Tribe Phlogisini ** ''Aloka'' ** ''Chouious'' ** ''Phlogis'' * Tribe Signoretiini ** ''Preta'' ** ''Signoretia'' | type_genus = ''Signoretia'' <small>Stål, 1859</small> }}

'''Signoretiinae''', known vernacularly as '''signoretiines''',<ref name=NSWG>{{cite web|title=Subfamily Signoretiinae|publisher=New South Wales Government, Department of Primary Industries, Biosecurity Collections|url=https://idtools.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/other-subfamilies/signoret.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506182957/https://idtools.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/other-subfamilies/signoret.htm|access-date=15 August 2025|archive-date=6 May 2025}}</ref> is a small, unusual, and relatively understudied<ref name="Takiya et al.">{{cite journal|title=The unusual Afrotropical and Oriental leafhopper subfamily Signoretiinae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae): taxonomic notes, new distributional records, and description of two new ''Signoretia'' species|journal=ZooKeys|url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3424|last1=Takiya|first1=Daniela M.|last2=Dietrich|first2=Christopher H.|last3=Viraktamath|first3=Chandra A.|issue=319|date=30 July 2013|doi=10.3897/ZOOKEYS.319.4326|pages=303–323|doi-access=free |pmc=3764529|pmid=24039527}}</ref> subfamily of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. The subfamily has sometimes been considered synonymous with the tribe Signoretiini and placed in the subfamily Cicadellinae.<ref name=NSWG/>

==Description== Members of the Signoretiinae are typically distinguished from other cicadellids by their enlarged ''frontes'' (front of their heads) and lengthened ''pronota'' (front parts of their thoraxes) which cover part of their heads.<ref name=NSWG/>

==Taxonomy== The subfamily Signoretiinae is divided into two tribes, and further subdivided into five genera: the tribe Phlogisini containing the genera ''Aloka'', ''Chouious'', and ''Phlogis''; and the tribe Signoretiini with the genera ''Preta'' and ''Signoretia''.<ref name="Takiya et al."/>

===History=== The type genus of the subfamily, ''Signoretia'', was first described by Swedish entomologist Carl Stål in 1859.<ref name=Stål>{{cite journal|last1=Stål|first1=Carl|language=Swedish|journal=Hemiptera. Species Novas Descripsit.|title=Konglinga svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853. Vetenskapliga iakttagelser På H. Maj: t Konung Oscar den Förstes befallning utgifna.|year=1859|publisher=Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar|volume=4|pages=219–298}}</ref> The subfamily was described by American entomologist Charles Fuller Baker in 1915.

==Distribution== thumb|Distribution of the genera ''Chouious'', ''Phlogis'', ''Preta'', and ''Signoretia'' according to Takiya et al., 2013.<ref name="Takiya et al."/> Members of the Signoretiinae are known to occur in forests in both tropical Africa and Asia, with two species found in Indonesia.<ref name=NSWG/> ''Phlogis'' species are found in the Central African Republic, Malaysia, Thailand, and Uganda;<ref name="Helden 2022">{{cite journal|title=A new species of the unusual leafhopper genus ''Phlogis'' Linnavuori (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Signoretiinae) from Uganda|last1=Helden|first1=Alvin J.|journal=Zootaxa|volume=5093|issue=4|date=28 January 2022|url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5093.4.1|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5093.4.1|pages=401–413 |pmid=35391478 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> ''Preta'' species also in Thailand; and ''Signoretia'' species in the Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Cameroon, and the Philippines.<ref name="Takiya et al."/>

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Category:Cicadellidae Category:Hemiptera subfamilies