Tartessinae
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| Tartessinae | |
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| Tartessus ferrugineus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Membracoidea |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Subfamily: | Tartessinae Distant, 1908 |
The Tartessinae are a subfamily of leafhoppers, originally erected by as a family by William Lucas Distant in 1908.[1] In terms of numbers of genera and species, this subfamily is dominated by the tribe Tartessini, with about 150 described species from India, Japan, SE Asia through to Australia.[2]
