Nogodinidae is a family of planthoppers. They have membranous wings with delicate venation and can be confused with members of other Fulgoroid families such as the Issidae and Tropiduchidae. Some authors treat it as a subfamily of the Issidae.
Description Some of their key features are a frons ("face") that is longer than wide and a reticulate wing venation. They are less than 2 cm long. The antenna arises well below the eye, has the base clubbed and flagellum unsegmented. The lateral ocelli (simple eyes) are outside the margins of the face. The face has carinae (or keels) on the edge. On the hind leg, the second tarsal segment has an apical spine arising from it. The tibia of the hind leg also has spines towards the tip. An important family character is found in the shape of the male genital structure, a style that is longer than broad. Most members of this family are forest species.
Taxonomy Four subfamilies are included in BioLib.cz:BioLib.cz: subfamily Nogodininae Melichar, 1898 (retrieved 7 March 2024) subfamily Bladininae Kirkaldy, 1907 Bladina Stål, 1859 - central and South America subfamily Gastriniinae Fennah, 1987 Gastrinia Stål, 1859 - Brasil
Colpopterinae Auth.: Gnezdilov, 2003Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Colpopterinae Gnezdilov, 2003 (retrieved 21 July 2020) - central America, southern Africa Bumerangum Gnezdilov, 2012 Caudibeccus Gnezdilov & O'Brien, 2008 Colpoptera Burmeister, 1835 Dozierana Gnezdilov, 2018 Jamaha Gnezdilov & O'Brien, 2008 Neocolpoptera Dozier, 1931 Ugoa Fennah, 1945
Nogodininae Auth.: Melichar, 1898; tribes and representative genera: Bilbiliini Gnezdilov, 2017 (monotypic) Bilbilis Stål, 1861 Epacriini Gerstaecker, 1895 Epacria Gerstaecker, 1895 Lipocalliini Fennah, 1984 Lipocallia Kirkaldy, 1906 Mithymnini Fennah, 1967 Mithymna Stål, 1861 Nogodinini Melichar, 1898 Nogodina †Tainosia Pisachini Fennah, 1978 Pisacha Distant, 1906 Tongini Kirkaldy, 1907 Tonga Kirkaldy, 1900 Varciini Fennah, 1978 Varcia Stål, 1870 Convarcia Detya Miriza Paravarcia Probletomus Varciella
Extant genera incertae sedis Hadjia Dlabola, 1981 Iranissus Dlabola, 1980 Issarius Metcalf, 1950 Issidius Puton, 1898 Sinonogodinia Zhang, Chen & Zhang, 2026
Fossil taxa subfamily †Ambitaktoinae Szwedo, 2019 Approximately 10 genera incertae sedis
Several fossil species have been described from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar, Eocene Baltic, Miocene Chiapas, and Miocene Dominican amber. Additionally, a tribe, Celinapterixini, has been erected on the basis of an Argentinian fossil that could not be placed in any of the tribes of extant Nogodinid hoppers.
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External links FLOW database