Afrachilini, Stroiński & Brysz & Szwedo, 2025

Stroiński, Adam, Brysz, Alicja M. & Szwedo, Jacek, 2025, Afrachilini trib. nov. of Achilidae from Southern Africa (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea), European Journal of Taxonomy 1026, pp. 275-303 : 279

Tribe Afrachilini trib. nov.

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Type genus

Afrachilus Fennah, 1965 , here designated.

Diagnosis

The body distinctly dorso-ventrally flattened, fore wings (tegmina) membranes overlapping. The head capsule with separated acrometope; lateral carinae of frons (eumetope) incomplete, obsolete in lower portion; frons (eumetope) divided by complete transverse carination into upper portion (aneumetope) and lower portion (kateumetope); lateral carinae of postclypeus absent (as in Amphignomini ), postclypeus, lora and maxillary plates fused, loral suture partly preserved, anteclypeus wedged in between lora; postclypeus and anteclypeus without median and lateral carinae; ocellus in touch with lower margin of compound eye. The tegmen with open cell C1 (exclusive character among Achilidae ); stem MP very long, forked distinctly apicad of claval apex (similar pattern is to be observed in some Plectoderini , stem MP forked beyond claval apex in Achiplectini , Amphignomini and Niryasaburniini ); claval fold directed to tornus, not reaching tornal veinlet; clavus open. The hind wing with basal cell (present in Plectoderini , basal cell absent in Achiplectini ), median fold simple, not intersecting cubital area (median fold forked and intersecting cubital area in Plectoderini ), CuA 1 single (forked in other tribes). The metatibia without subgenual and lateral spines, basimetatarsomere and midmetatarsomere with subapical platellae. The female terminalia with subvaginal plate; bursa copulatrix single pouched, ornamented, without sclerite.

Distribution

Afrotropical region, Southern Africa, the Cape.

Composition

Only type genus so far.