Ledrinae, Fairmaire, 1855

Jones, Joshua R. & Deitz, Lewis L., 2009, Phylogeny and systematics of the leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) 2186, Zootaxa 2186 (1), pp. 1-120 : 26

Key to the tribes of Ledrinae

1a. Mesothoracic tibia row II with triangular patch of scalelike setae apically (Pl. 12A–C); forewing with at least some extra cross veins; Old World species (except Hespenedrini : Hespenedra )................................................................... 2

1b. Mesothoracic tibia row II without triangular patch of scalelike setae apically; forewing without extra crossveins; Old and New World species ................................................................................................................................................. 3

2a. Face concave, or if convex, then plantar surface of metathoracic tarsomere I with short or long setae, but none of them fingerlike or white; Old World species ..................................................................................................... Ledrini

2b. Face flattened but not concave, metathoracic tarsomere I ventral surface with uniform covering of short fingerlike white setae (Pl. 13K); New World species ................................................................... Hespenedrini Jones (new tribe)

3a. Crown with longitudinally costate texture (Pl. 7B_1); anal tube of males broad, conelike (Pl. 15E–F); species from southern Africa ................................................................................................................ Afrorubrini Jones (new tribe)

3b. Crown with acinose/colliculate texture (Pl. 7A_1); Australian or New World species ............................................... 4

4a. Frontoclypeus strongly convex and visible in lateral view (Pl. 8E_1), punctate, crown short and lamellate only near eyes, forewing with broad appendix (except Xedreota ); New World species .......................................... Xerophloeini

4b. Frontoclypeus not strongly convex or punctate, crown long and lamellate, more or less convex, forewing appendix absent or vestigial; Australian species ................................................................................. Rubrini Jones (new tribe)