Adelungiinae [Reduced to tribal status within Megophthalminae by Dietrich, C. H. 2005. Florida Entomol. 88:502-517]

Range: Eremian (Africa, southern Europe, Middle East).

Known diversity: 13 genera, 60 species.

Ecology: On desert shrubs.

Diagnosis: Small, cylindrical leafhoppers; ocelli on face distant from eyes, lateral frontal sutures absent, clypellar suture incomplete; forewing with numerous supranumerary crossveins; hind femur macrosetal formula 2+1 or 2+0.

Similar to: Agalliinae

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