Eupelicinae [Treated as junior synonym of Deltocephalinae by Dietrich, C. H., and R. A. Rakitov. 2002. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 110: 1-48]
Range: Worldwide except Neotropical.
Known diversity: 10 genera, 100 species.
Ecology: On herbs and grasses.
Diagnosis: Medium-sized to large leafhoppers, often extremely elongated and seedlike; head strongly produced, often spatulate, ocelli on crown near margin; wings often sexually dimorphic, forewing veins raised, membrane shagreen; hind femur with macrosetal formula 2+1 or 2+0.
Similar to: Deltocephalinae (Hecalini), Aphrodinae.