- Source: Tambinia
Tambinia is a genus of planthoppers (Hemiptera) in the family Tropiduchidae and typical of the tribe Tambiniini (erected by Kirkaldy in 1907); species are found in Australia and Southeast Asia.
Description
These are small insects, body length less than 10 mm. Width of head rounded in front (through eyes) less than width of Pronotum. Forehead and mesonotum with three carinae and the ocelli are very small. The hind tibiae have three spines.
Taxonomy
In a 1982 revision (Fennah, 1982) Tambinia was included in the tribe Tambiniini: presently (2024) with about 14 other genera. Tambinia is most similar to Nesotaxila, Kallitaxila and Kallitambinia
= Species
=The genus Tambinia was established in Carl Stål in 1859 for three species from Sri Lanka: Tambinia languida Stål, Tambinia debilis Stål and Tambinia rufoornata Stål. Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web currently lists:
Tambinia atrosignata Distant, 1906 — Sri Lanka
Tambinia bambusana Chang & Chen, 2012
Tambinia bizonata Matsumura 1914 — Japan, Taiwan
Tambinia capitata Distant, 1906
Tambinia conus Wang & Liang, 2011 — New Guinea
Tambinia debilis Stål, 1859 — Sri Lanka
Tambinia exoleta Melichar, 1914
Tambinia fasciculosa Melichar, 1914
Tambinia guamensis Metcalf, 1946
Tambinia inconspicua Distant, 1906
Tambinia languida Stål, 1859 — Sri Lanka - type species
Tambinia macula Wang & Liang, 2011 — Malaysia: Borneo
Tambinia menglunensis Men and Qin in Men, Qin and Liu, 2009
Tambinia pitho Fennah, 1970
Tambinia robustocarina Wang & Liang, 2011 — Malaysia: Sabah
Tambinia rubrolineata Liang in Liang and Jiang, 2003
Tambinia rubromaculata Distant, 1916 — Sri Lanka
Tambinia rufoornata Stål, 1859 — Sri Lanka
Tambinia sexmaculata Wang & Liang, 2011 — Australia: Kuranda
Tambinia similis Liang in Liang and Jiang, 2003 - southern China, Vietnam
Tambinia sinuata Men & Qin, 2012
Tambinia sisyphus Fennah, 1956
Tambinia theivora Fennah, 1982
Tambinia venusta (Kirkaldy, 1906)
Tambinia verticalis Distant, 1916
Tambinia zonata Muir, 1931
References
External links
Data related to Tambinia at Wikispecies
Media related to Tambinia at Wikimedia Commons
"Tambinia". hemiptera-databases.org. 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)