Myconinae Fennah, 1950

Brysz, Alicja M., Stroiński, Adam & Szwedo, Jacek, 2024, A new tribe of scaphocephalic Achilidae from South Africa (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha), European Journal of Taxonomy 958 (1), pp. 151-176 : 153

Subfamily Myconinae Fennah, 1950

Emended diagnosis

Vertex often strongly produced anteriorly of margin of the compound eyes, with a rounded anterior margin. Lora visible in ventral view. Pronotum with postocular carina present. Metatibial lateral spines in various number, subgenual one present, the pattern with more than one cuticular lateral spine except genual spine only in this subfamily. Tegmen (fore wing) with length/width on clavus apex proportion up from 3.5; postcosts area not widened; low number of RA terminals (1 to 4). Hind wing second anal vein simple, more or less straight and apically dilated, usually not reaching wing margin by a considerable distance; median fold usually reaching wing margin.