Machaerotidae

Machaerotidae
	Machaerota ensifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Cercopoidea
Family:	Machaerotidae; Stål, 1866

Machaerotidae are a family of

membranous apical area

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Like other cercopoids, these are xylem-sap feeders.

spittlebugs, which make and live in a froth mass.^[3] Machaerotids produce foam only when they emerge from the tube to moult. There are about 115 species in 31 genera placed in 4 tribes. The majority of species are found in Southeast Asia with a small number in Africa. They were traditionally separated into two subfamilies; Machaerotinae which have the scutellar spine, and Enderleiniinae which lack it. A third subfamily, also lacking the spine, Apomachaerotinae, was recognized in 2014. The scutellum has a "tail" or appears raised towards the posterior end.^[4]

Membracoidea

Cicadoidea

Cercopoidea

	Machaerotidae

	Clastopteridae

	Cercopidae

	Aphrophoridae (including Epipygidae)

Relationships with other groups.^[5]

A list of the subfamilies, tribes and genera is as follows:[4]

Apomachaerotinae
- Apomachaerota Schmidt, 1907
- Serreia Baker, 1927
Machaerotinae
- Maxudeini
  - Blastacaen Maa, 1963
  - Conditor Distant, 1916
  - Maxudea Schmidt, 1907
- Machaerotini
  - Dianmachaerota Nie & Liang, 2009
  - Grypomachaerota Schmidt, 1907
  - Irridiculum Hamilton, 2014
  - Machaerota Burmeister, 1835
  - Platymachaerota Schmidt, 1918
  - Romachaeta Maa, 1963
  - Sigmasoma Schmidt, 1907
  - Tapinacaena Maa, 1963
Enderleiniinae
- Hindoloidini
  - Aphrosiphon China, 1935
  - Hindoloides Distant, 1915
  - Kyphomachaerota Bell & Cryan, 2013
  - Trigonurella Maa, 1963
- Enderleiniini
  - Aecalusa Maa, 1963
  - Allox Hamilton, 2014
  - Chaetophyes Schmidt, 1981
  - Enderleinia Schmidt, 1907
  - Hindola Kirkaldy, 1900
  - Labramachaerota Bell & Cryan, 2013
  - Labrosyne Maa, 1963
  - Machaeropsis Melichar, 1903
  - Makiptyelus Maki, 1914
  - Neuroleinia Lallemand, 1936
  - Neuromachaerota Schmidt, 1912
  - Pectinariophyes Kirkaldy, 1906
  - Polychaetophyes Kirkaldy, 1906
  - Taihorina Schumacher, 1915

References

JSTOR 42761313
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doi:10.1078/0044-5231-00025
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^ Maa, T.C. (1963). "A Review of the Machaerotidae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea)" (PDF). Pacific Insects Monographs. 5: 1–166.

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doi:10.1111/syen.12066
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doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00285.x
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[1] JSTOR 42761313
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[2] :10.1078/0044-5231-00025
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[3] Maa, T.C. (1963). "A Review of the Machaerotidae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea)" (PDF). Pacific Insects Monographs. 5: 1–166.

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[5] :10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00285.x
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