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Aphaeninae
The subfamily Aphaeninae is a group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics. They belong to the Fulgoridae (fulgorids), though they are not among the more well-known members of that family which are called "lantern bugs" or "lantern flies" (although as true bugs they are only distantly related to true flies). In 2009, the first molecular analysis of the Fulgoridae, challenged the existing structure of eight currently recognized subfamilies, and eleven tribes.
8 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Aphaenini
tribeAphaenini

Enchophorini
tribeEnchophorini

Neolieftinckana
genusNeolieftinckana

Limoisini
tribeLimoisini

Holodictya
genusHolodictya

Benamatapini
tribeBenamatapini
Bhaskaraena
genusBhaskaraena
Congodictya
genusCongodictya
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 708488.