title: Dichopterinae
text: # Dichopterinae
  
  The Dichopterinae are a sub-family of planthoppers, now placed in the Fulgoridae, erected by Leopold Melichar in 1912. The recorded distribution is: South America, Africa, Europe (German fossil species) and Asia through to Borneo.
  
  ## Tribes and Genera
  
  Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web lists:
  
  ### Cladodipterini
  
  Authority: Metcalf, 1938 (South America)
  
  * Cladodiptera Spinola, 1839
  * Diacira Walker, 1858
  * Sclerodepsa Emeljanov, 2011
  
  ### Dichopterini
  
  Authority: Melichar, 1912
  
  * Dichoptera Spinola, 1839 (type genus - Asia)
  * †Wedelphus Szwedo & Wappler, 2006 (Germany)
  
  ### Dorysarthrini
  
  Authority: Emeljanov, 1979
  
  * Dorysarthrus Puton, 1895 (Africa, Middle East)
  * Pibrocha Kirkaldy, 1902 (Sri Lanka, Thailand)
  
  ### Protachilini
  
  Authority: Emeljanov, 2013 (South America)
  
  * Protachilus – monotypic P. rex Fennah, 1944
  