Bladininae Kirkaldy, 1907

Gnezdilov, V. M., 2017, Notes on higher classification of the family Nogodinidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea), with description of new tribe and new species, Far Eastern Entomologist 347, pp. 1-21 : 6

Subfamily Bladininae Kirkaldy, 1907 , stat. n.

Bladinini Kirkaldy, 1907 : 9, 93.

Type genus: Bladina Stål, 1859 .

REMARKS. The tribe Bladinini Kirkaldy, 1907 placed in the subfamily Nogodininae (Fennah, 1978; Gnezdilov, 2012) is characterized by some features clearly distinguishing this monotypic taxon from other nogodinids: peculiar oval areas of short dense setae on ventral surface of first and second metatarsomeres ( Fig. 1 ) (all other tribes are characterized by the presence of hair-shaped long setae on these tarsomeres ventrally, see Fig. 3 ); short apical segment of rostrum – twice shorter than second one, cylindrical, not narrowing apically ( Fig. 2 ) (all other tribes are characterized by third segment nearly as long as second one or slightly shorter,

conically narrowing apically) ( Fig. 4 ); gonoplacs convex, nearly rounded (not flattened), completely covering connective laminae of gonapophyses VIII and IX,

without denticles or marginal teeth; wide and complex posterior connective laminae of gonapophyses IX and anterior connective lamina of gonapophyse VIII with peculiar group of apical teeth ( Figs 8, 9 ) (rather narrow and alongate in other tribes)

(Meng et al., 2014, figs 52, 54, 55, 65, 68, 69) ( Figs 5–7 ). All mentioned features of

Bladinini separate this group within Nogodinidae and allow me treating it as subfamily Bladininae Kirkaldy, 1907 , stat. nov.

COMPOSITION. The subfamily and tribe comprises only the genus Bladina

Stål, 1859 with currently known 21 species and subspecies distributed from Southern

Mexico to Southern Brazil (Fennah, 1952; Kramer, 1976).

Figures

Figs 1–4. Nogodinidae, rostrum (2, 4) and hind tarsomere (1, 3). 1, 2 – Bladina fawleri Fennah, female, Belize; 3, 4 – Pisacha sp., female, Japan, Ryukyu.

Figs 5–9. Nogodinidae, female genitalia, anterior connective lamina of gonapophyse VIII