Lophopidae is a family of fulgoroid plant-hoppers with most species found in tropical South America and Asia (two genera occur in Africa).FLOW: Lophopidae Stål, 1866 (retrieved 16 March 2022)
Characteristics Most members of the family are characterized by the face being longer than wide with at least two lateral ridges (the median ridge/carina may be absent). The hind tibia can bear some spines, two to three (about four may be seen in the Eurybrachyidae). Lateral ocelli are present below the compound eye and slightly in front of it. The wings are broad and held somewhat flat and the wings are often patterned. The nymphs have two long tails and many members have slightly flattened front tibiae.
Subfamilies, tribes and genera Two subfamilies are currently recognised; the Catalogue of Life and FLOW list: Lophopinae Auth.: Stål, 1866 Tribe Lophopini Stål, 1866 (Africa, Asia) Acothrura Asantorga (monotypic) Corethrura Jivatma - monotypic Jivatma metallica
Katoma Lacusa Lophops - type genus Maracota Paracorethrura Pitambara Podoschtroumpfa Pyrilla Sarebasa Sarmatoca (monotypic) Serida Silvispina (monotypic)
Menoscinae
Auth.: Melichar, 1915; selected genera: Tribe Acarnini Baker, 1925 (New Guinea, Australia) Acarna Stål, 1863 Magia Distant, 1907 Zophiuma Fennah, 1955 Tribe Carrioniini Emeljanov, 2013 (Central & South America: monogeneric) Carrionia Muir, 1931 Tribe Elasmoscelini Melichar, 1915 (Africa, Asia: Japan, Indochina, Java: monogeneric) Elasmoscelis Spinola, 1839 Tribe Menoscini Melichar, 1915 (Indo-China, Malesia) Menosca Stål, 1870 Tribe Virgiliini Emeljanov, 2013 (New Guinea, Philippines) Virgilia Stål, 1870
incertae sedis †Baninus Szwedo & Wappler, 2006 Binaluana Soulier-Perkins & Stroinski, 2015 (Philippines) †Cintux Stroinski & Szwedo, 2012 †Gesaris Szwedo, Stroinski & Lin, 2015 Lacusa orientalis Liang, 2000 (S. China, Laos, Vietnam) †Ordralfabetix Szwedo, 2011 Panegu Soulier-Perkins & Stroinski, 2016 (PNG) †Scoparidea Cockerell, 1920 Silvispina Wang & Soulier-Perkins, 2016
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