Membracoidea

Membracoidea
Leafhopper nymph of the Common Jassid (Eurymela fenestrata) on a eucalyptus branch, with ant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Membracoidea
Families

Aetalionidae
Cicadellidae
Melizoderidae
Membracidae
Myerslopiidae

The superfamily Membracoidea are sap-sucking true-bugs that includes two of the largest families within what used to be called the "Homoptera"; the leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) and the treehoppers (Membracidae). The other families in this group are quite small, and have, at various points, generally been included as members within other families, though they are all presently considered to be valid, monophyletic groups. The odd, relictual family Myerslopiidae is one of the most recently described of all Hemipteran families.[1][2]

Membracoidea

 

†Karajassidae

 
 

 

†Jascopidae

 
 

 

 

 

 

Aetalionidae

 
 

Membracidae

 
 
 

Cicadellidae

 
 
 

Melizoderidae

 
 
 

Myerslopiidae

 
 
 
 
Family relations within the Membracoidea[3][4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Szwedo, Jacek (2004). "An annotated checklist of Myerslopiidae with notes on the distribution and origin of the group (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha)". Zootaxa. 425: 1&ndash, 15.
  2. ↑ Szwedo, Jacek (2004). "A new genus and six new species of ground-dwelling leafhoppers from Chile and New Zealand (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Myerslopiidae)". Zootaxa. 424: 1&ndash, 20. Abstract
  3. ↑ Cryan, Jason R (2005). "Molecular phylogeny of Cicadomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadoidea, Cercopoidea and Membracoidea): Adding evidence to the controversy". Systematic Entomology. 30 (4): 563. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00285.x.
  4. ↑ Andrew, K. G (1999). "The ground-dwelling leafhoppers Myerslopiidae, new family, and Sagmatiini, new tribe (Homoptera : Membracoidea)". Invertebrate Systematics. 13 (2): 207. doi:10.1071/IT96028.

References

  • Hamilton, K. G. A. (1990). "Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Chapter 6: Homoptera" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 195: 82&ndash, 122.
  • Deitz, Lewis L. & Dietrich, Christopher H. (1993). "Superfamily Membracoidea (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha). I. Introduction and revised classification with new family-group taxa". Systematic Entomology. 18 (4): 287&ndash, 296. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00667.x.
  • Dietrich, Christopher H. & Deitz, Lewis L. (1993). "Superfamily Membracoidea (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha). II. Cladistic analysis and conclusions". Systematic Entomology. 18 (4): 297&ndash, 311. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00668.x.


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