Penthimiinae [Treated synonym of Deltocephalinae; see Dietrich, C. H., and R. A. Rakitov. 2002. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 110: 1-48]
Range: Worldwide.
Known diversity: 46 genera, 245 species.
Ecology: On trees and shrubs.
Diagnosis: Medium-sized, depressed, ovoid leafhoppers; head produced, ocelli on crown, face usually concave in profile, lateral frontal sutures reduced; forewing apices strongly overlapping, claval crossveins present; front tibia with ablateral surface flattened and expanded; hind femur macrosetal formula usually 2+2+1, often with setae crowded together on preapical process, penultimate pair close-set; male valve and plates triangular.
Similar to: Mukariinae, Iassinae.