Liburnia, Stal, 1866

Metcalf, Z. P., 1946, Homoptera, Fulgoroidea and Jassoidea of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189, pp. 105-148 : 110

Genus LIBURNIA Stal

Liburnia Stal ,

Hemiptera Africana 4: 179, 1866. Logotype, Delpha.x vittacollis

Stal.

As at present constituted, this genus contains nearly 60 species. Many species which are at present assigned to the genus Delphacodes Fieber were previously assigned to Liburnia . Liburnia furcifera has a nearly world-wide distribution in the warm temperate and tropical regions of the world. This genus may be characterized briefly as follows: slender species with the head about as wide as the pronotum; carinae of the head and pronotum usually conspicuous; face with a single median carina; vertex produced only slightly in front of eyes; intermediate carinae of pronotum converging, reaching the pos- terior border. The male genital styles usually broad with the inner angle produced; the diaphragm usually large and the anal segment usually has a pair of elongate slender recurved spines.