INTRODUCTION 
The present catalogue of the Family Kinnaridae forms Part 7 of Fascicle 
IV of the General Catalogue of the Hemiptera of the World, which is de- 
voted to the Superfamily Fulgoroidea. 
CHARACTERS OF THE FAMILY 
The Family Kinnaridae is another small family of the Fulgoroidea. The 
present catalogue contains 8 genera and 42 species. It has close affinities 
with the Cixiidae and might be grouped as a subfamily of the family Cixii- 
dae if it were not for the peculiar genitalia and certain other minor charac- 
ters. The head is usually small, narrower than the thorax. Vertex and frons 
sometimes narrow and trough-like, sometimes broad. Lateral carinae usu- 
ally strongly elevated. The median ocellus conspicuous, indistinct, or ab- 
sent. Antennae small, simple, second segment usually globose, sometimes 
more elongate. Tegulae large. Pronotum broader than head, median and 
intermediate carinae usually distinct. Tegmina usually elongate, nearly 
parallel-margined. Subcosta and radius usually forming a common stem to 
beyond the middle of the tegmina. Media sometimes joined to the base of 
the subcostal-radial stem. Radius and media with two or more branches. 
Claval stem reaching apex of clavus. Sixth, seventh, and eighth tergites 
bearing wax-secreting pores. Male genitalia of the general derbid pattern, 
with the genital plates usually large. Female genitalia incomplete. 
HISTORICAL RESUME 
This family was established by Muir in 1925 and he has contributed more 
to our knowledge of this family than all other students combined. The 
genera and species have been described chiefly by Ball, Bierman, Distant, 
Fowler, Melichar, Muir, Myers, Uhler, and Van Duzee. Fennah’s recent 
contribution to the fauna of the British West Indies is a clear indication of 
the amount of work that needs to be done on the tropical genera and 
species before we have an adequate knowledge of this family. 
Family KINNARIDAE Muir 
Kinnaridae 1925 Muir, Pan-Pacific Ent. 1: 97. [List of genera.] .-98. [Family.] :110. [Key.] 
:158. [Described.] 
1927 Muir, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 19 : 197. [Note.] 
1928 Myers, Studies on Cuban Insects 1928: 17. Family. [Notes.] 
1930 Muir, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 6: 464. [Key.] :472. [Notes.] 
1932 Brues and Melander, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard Coll. 73: 119. 
Family. [Key.] 
1934 Muir, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 14: 580. [New species from the Nearctic 
Region.] 
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