Derbachile Emeljanov et Shcherbakov, 2020

Emeljanov, A. F. & Shcherbakov, D. E., 2020, The first Mesozoic Derbidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) from Cretaceous Burmese amber, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (3), pp. 237-246 : 238

Genus Derbachile Emeljanov et Shcherbakov , gen.n.

TYPE SPECIES: Derbachile hochae Emeljanov et Shcherbakov , sp.n .

DIAGNOSIS. Small, slender. Tegmen with achilid-like venation, elongated, much widened distally, clavus less than 1/2 wing length. C with sensory pits at base and along anterior margin; ScR and M forming short stalk beyond basal cell; ScR forking earlier than CuA; stigmal cell darkened; RA2 with short fork, RA2a recurrent, RP simple; M with 4 terminations, MA forking much earlier than MP, medial cell narrow, medial apical cells long; CuA1 and CuA2 connected by crossvein icua distal to 2m cu, CuA1 bent at 2m-cu and icua, 1st procubital cell long and wide distally; CuA2 distant from posterior margin and reaching apical margin; crossvein on clavus between CuP and Pcu. Hind wing broad, RP simple, M forking before crossveins r-m and m-cu, CuA with 3 terminations. Pedicel enlarged, more or less flattened. Metope narrow dorsally. Lateral ocelli present. Subantennal ridge low or absent. Rostrum surpassing mid coxae, apical segment more than thrice longer than wide. Pronotum with strongly elevated, long, triangular, tricarinate disc occupying almost 1/2 width. Mesonotum with lateral discal carinae strongly converging anteriorly, median carina weak or absent. Legs long, slender. Hind tibia with 2–3 lateral teeth (1st minute, at base) and 8–11 apical teeth, tarsomere I with 6–9, II with 4–6 apical teeth, without discernible subapical setae.

COMPOSITION. Type species and D. aschei sp.n.

ETYMOLOGY. Free combination of generic names Derbe and Achilus ; gender feminine.