Derbidae

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Key to the subfamilies of the Derbidae

Adapted with modifications from:
M. Banaszkiewicz and J. Szwedo (2005)
Notes on Otiocerinae with description of a new tribe from Madagascar and Africa (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae)
Annales Zoologici, 55 (2), 223-241
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1		a: inner margin of hindwing with a stridulatory plate b: hindwing without stridulatory plate ▼ ▼ Otiocerinae   2
2		a: sensory pits on head and on forewings absent b: sensory pits on forewings, often also on head ▼ ▼ Cedusinae Derbinae

Key to the tribes of the subfamily of Otiocerinae

Modified after:
M. Banaszkiewicz and J. Szwedo (2005)
Notes on Otiocerinae with description of a new tribe from Madagascar and Africa (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae)
Annales Zoologici, 55 (2), 223-241
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1		a: claval veins of forewing go to hindmargin (clavus closed) b: Claval veins of forewing meet cubitus (clavus open) ▼ ▼   2     7
2		a: Forewing broad (less than 2.5 times as long as wide), basal cell between M and Cu does not surpass first third of forewing (Asia, Australia/Pacific and West-Africa only) b: forewings more elongated, without a short basal cell between M and Cu ▼ ▼ Rhotanini   3
3		a: stridulatory plate of hindwing with concave external margin (Asia, Australia/Pacific and Africa only) b: stridulatory plate of hindwing with convex external margin ▼ ▼ Kamendakini   4
4		a: forewings with Cu forked, then anastomosing, forming an anterior cubital cell b: forewings with Cu not forked, without cubital cell (Africa and Americas only) ▼ ▼   5   Patarini
5		a: clavus with Pcu vein thickened with numerous sensory pits (Africa only) b: clavus with Pcu vein with few or no sensory pits ▼ ▼ Aquaeliciini   6
6		a: head without sensory pits (East Asia only) b: head with sensory pits ▼ ▼ Neocyclocarini Phenicini
7		a: hindwings small, usually less than half as long as length of forewings; stridulatory plate on hindwing with clearly convex external margin b: hindwings more than half as long as forewings, stridulatory plate on hindwing with concave or slightly convex external margin ▼ ▼   8   Otiocerini
8		a: margin of eyes not close to epistomal suture b: margin of eyes extending to epistomal suture ▼ ▼ Zoraidini Sikaianini