Tambinia

Tambinia is a genus of planthoppers (Hemiptera) in the family Tropiduchidae and typical of the tribe Tambiniini (erected by Kirkaldy in 1907); species are found in Australia and Southeast Asia.

Description
These are small insects, body length less than 10 mm. Width of head rounded in front (through eyes) less than width of Pronotum. Forehead and mesonotum with three carinae and the ocelli are very small. The hind tibiae have three spines.

Taxonomy
In a 1982 revision (Fennah, 1982) Tambinia was included in the tribe Tambiniini, along with the genera: Athestia, Biruga, Garumna, Garumnella, Kallitambinia, Kallitaxila, Lanshu, Neotaxilanoides, Nesotaxila, Ossoides, Sumbana and Tauropola. Tambinia is most similar to Nesotaxila, Kallitaxila and Kallitambinia

Species
The genus Tambinia was established in Carl Stål in 1859 for three species from Sri Lanka: Tambinia languida Stål, Tambinia debilis Stål and Tambinia rufoornata Stål. Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web currently lists:
 * 1) Tambinia atrosignata Distant, 1906 — Sri Lanka
 * 2) Tambinia bambusana Chang & Chen, 2012
 * 3) Tambinia bizonata Matsumura 1914 — Japan, Taiwan
 * 4) Tambinia capitata Distant, 1906
 * 5) Tambinia conus Wang & Liang, 2011 — New Guinea
 * 6) Tambinia debilis Stål, 1859 — Sri Lanka
 * 7) Tambinia exoleta Melichar, 1914
 * 8) Tambinia fasciculosa Melichar, 1914
 * 9) Tambinia guamensis Metcalf, 1946
 * 10) Tambinia inconspicua Distant, 1906
 * 11) Tambinia languida Stål, 1859 — Sri Lanka - type species
 * 12) Tambinia macula Wang & Liang, 2011 — Malaysia: Borneo
 * 13) Tambinia menglunensis Men and Qin in Men, Qin and Liu, 2009
 * 14) Tambinia pitho Fennah, 1970
 * 15) Tambinia robustocarina Wang & Liang, 2011 — Malaysia: Sabah
 * 16) Tambinia rubrolineata Liang in Liang and Jiang, 2003
 * 17) Tambinia rubromaculata Distant, 1916 — Sri Lanka
 * 18) Tambinia rufoornata Stål, 1859 — Sri Lanka
 * 19) Tambinia sexmaculata Wang & Liang, 2011 — Australia: Kuranda
 * 20) Tambinia similis Liang in Liang and Jiang, 2003 - southern China, Vietnam
 * 21) Tambinia sinuata Men & Qin, 2012
 * 22) Tambinia sisyphus Fennah, 1956
 * 23) Tambinia theivora Fennah, 1982
 * 24) Tambinia venusta (Kirkaldy, 1906)
 * 25) Tambinia verticalis Distant, 1916
 * 26) Tambinia zonata Muir, 1931