Centrotinae

genus of insects

Centrotypus is a genus of trehoppers belonging to the subfamily Centrotinae and typical of the tribe Centrotypini, found in Asia and Australia.

Leptocentrus is a genus of tree-hoppers typical of the tribe Leptocentrini, erected by Carl Stål in 1866. Species have mostly been recorded from Africa, South, East and SE Asia, through to Australia.

Anchon is a genus of treehoppers. The name is derived from (bend, elbow) referring to the characteristic bend in the backward facing horn that arises vertically from the pronotum and turns at a near-right-angle over the abdomen. Two anterior horns rise outwards to the sides in many species. Species in the genus are found in the Afrotropical, Palearctic, and Indomalayan regions. They are placed in the subfamily Centrotinae.

Tricentrus is a genus of tree-hoppers in the tribe Gargarini, erected by Carl Stål in 1866. Species have been recorded from India, China, Japan, SE Asia and Australia.

Kaikaia is a genus of treehopper endemic to Nicaragua, containing the single species Kaikaia gaga. It was described in 2020 by Brendan Morris, a Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It entered the news when it was revealed that the insect was named after Lady Gaga.

Centrochares is a genus of treehoppers belonging to the subfamily Centrotinae. It was erected by Carl Stål in 1866. It is only genus in the tribe Centrocharesini, which was erected by Frederic Webster Goding in 1931. To date (July 2025) species have been recorded from Malesia (including the Philippines) and Yunnan province.

Terentius is the type genus of tree-hoppers in the tribe Terentiini, erected by Carl Stål in 1866. The recorded distribution of species (probably incomplete) includes Yunnan Province, New Guinea and northern/eastern Australia.