Achilidae

Achilidae is a family of planthoppers, sometimes called "achilids" in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 520 described species in Achilidae.

Subfamilies and Genera
Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web (FLOW) includes 3 subfamilies:

Achilinae
Authority: Stål, 1866 - 2 tribes
 * Achilini Stål, 1866
 * Achilina Stål, 1866
 * 1) Achilus Kirby, 1819 - type genus
 * 2) Flatachilus Fennah, 1950
 * 3) Olmiana Guglielmino, Bückle & Emeljanov, 2010
 * 4) Ouwea Distant, 1907
 * Cixidiina Emeljanov, 1992
 * 1) †Angustachilus Lefebvre, Bourgoin & Nel, 2007
 * 2) Cixidia Fieber, 1866
 * Elidipterina Fennah, 1950


 * 1) Booneta Distant, 1907
 * 2) Catonidia Uhler, 1896
 * 3) Elidiptera Spinola, 1839
 * 4) Faventilla Metcalf, 1948
 * 5) Messeis (planthopper) Stål, 1860
 * 6) Metaphradmon Fennah, 1950
 * 7) Paracatonidia – P. webbeda Long, Yang & Chen, 2015
 * 8) Paraphradmon Fennah, 1950
 * 9) Parelidiptera Fennah, 1950
 * 10) Phradmonicus Emeljanov, 1991
 * 11) Prinoessa Fennah, 1950
 * 12) Uniptera Ball, 1933


 * Achilini incertae sedis


 * 1) Anabunda Emeljanov, 2005
 * 2) Aneipo Kirkaldy, 1906
 * 3) Bunduica (planthopper) Jacobi, 1909
 * 4) Dipsiathus Emeljanov, 2005
 * 5) Epiona (planthopper) Emeljanov, 2005
 * 6) Mabira (planthopper) Fennah, 1950
 * 7) Nelidia Stål, 1860
 * 8) Parabunda Emeljanov, 2005
 * 9) †Paratesum Emeljanov & Shcherbakov, 2009
 * 10) †Protomenocria Emeljanov & Shcherbakov, 2009
 * 11) †Psycheona Emeljanov & Shcherbakov, 2009
 * 12) Rhinochloris Emeljanov, 2005
 * 13) †Gedanochila Brysz & Szwedo, 2022
 * 14) †Protepiptera Usinger, 1939


 * Achillini Emeljanov, 1991
 * 1) Achilla (planthopper) Haglund, 1899
 * 2) †Hooleya (planthopper) Cockerell, 1922
 * 3) Maurisca Emeljanov, 2005

Apatesoninae
Authority: Metcalf, 1938 - 4 monotypic tribes
 * 1) Apateson Fowler, 1900 : Apatesonini Metcalf, 1938
 * 2) Ilva (planthopper) Stål, 1866 : Ilvini Emeljanov, 1991
 * 3) Sevia Stål, 1866 : Seviini Emeljanov, 1991
 * 4) Tropiphlepsia Muir, 1924 : Tropiphlepsiini Emeljanov, 1991

Myconinae
Authority: Fennah, 1950 - 6 tribes
 * Amphignomini Emeljanov, 1991
 * 1) Amphignoma Emeljanov, 1991
 * Mycarini Emeljanov, 1991
 * 1) Acocarinus Emeljanov, 1991
 * 2) Emeljanocarinus Bourgoin & Soulier-Perkins, 2006
 * 3) Katbergella Fennah, 1950
 * 4) Mycarinus Emeljanov, 1991
 * 5) Mycarus Emeljanov, 1991
 * Myconini Fennah, 1950
 * 1) Ganachilla – G. zhenyuanensis Wang & Huang, 1989
 * 2) Haicixidia – H. jianfengensis Wang, 1989
 * 3) Myconellus Fennah, 1950
 * 4) Myconus (planthopper) Stål, 1860
 * 5) Myrophenges Fennah, 1965
 * Plectoderini Fennah, 1950.  Selected genera:


 * Abas (planthopper) Fennah, 1950
 * Callichlamys (planthopper) Kirkaldy, 1907
 * Cernea (planthopper) Williams, 1977
 * Cnidus (planthopper) Stål, 1866
 * Cythna (planthopper) Kirkaldy, 1906
 * Deferunda Distant, 1912
 * Francesca (planthopper) Kirkaldy, 1906
 * Gordiacea (planthopper) Metcalf, 1948
 * Haitiana Dozier, 1936
 * Hamba (planthopper) Distant, 1907
 * Kosalya (planthopper) Distant, 1906
 * Kurandella Fennah, 1950
 * Magadha (planthopper) Distant, 1906
 * Mahuna Distant, 1907
 * Nyonga (planthopper) Synave, 1959
 * Opsiplanon Fennah, 1945
 * Plectoderes Spinola, 1839
 * Quadrana Caldwell, 1951
 * Rhinocolura (planthopper) Fennah, 1950
 * Spino (planthopper) Fennah, 1950
 * Synecdoche (planthopper) O'Brien, 1971
 * Taloka (planthopper) Distant, 1907
 * Usana (planthopper) Distant, 1906


 * Rhotalini Fennah, 1950
 * 1) Errada Walker, 1868
 * 2) Errotasa Emeljanov, 2005
 * 3) Hebrotasa Melichar, 1915
 * 4) Rhotala Walker, 1857
 * 5) Taractellus Metcalf, 1948
 * Waghildini† Szwedo, 2006
 * 1) Waghilde Szwedo, 2006

incertae sedis

 * 1) †Acixiites Hamilton, 1990
 * 2) Leptarciella Fennah, 1958
 * 3) †Niryasaburnia Szwedo, 2004
 * 4) Parasabecoides Synave, 1965
 * 5) Peltatavertexalis – P. horizontalis Xu, Long & Chen, 2019
 * 6) Ridesa Schumacher, 1915
 * 7) Sabecoides Fennah, 1958

To be placed
GBIF also includes the following genera that may have doubtful placement:


 * 1) Chiotasa Melichar, 1915
 * 2) Cionoderus Uhler, 1895
 * 3) Messoides Metcalf, 1930
 * 4) Nablusitypus Kaddumi, 2005
 * 5) Neomenocria Fennah, 1950
 * 6) Okatropis Matsumura, 1910
 * 7) Planusfrons Chun Liang Chen, Chung Tu Yang & Wilson, 1989
 * 8) Plectoderella Fennah, 1950
 * 9) Pyren Fennah, 1950
 * 10) Rhotella Metcalf, 1938
 * 11) Spendon Jacobi, 1928
 * 12) Tabiana Jacobi, 1928
 * 13) Tudea Distant, 1907
 * 14) Winawa Haupt, 1926