Membracoidea
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| Leafhopper nymph of the Common Jassid (Eurymela fenestrata) on a eucalyptus branch, with ant | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Cicadomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Membracoidea Rafinesque 1815 |
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The superfamily Membracoidea of sap-sucking
monophyletic groups. The relict family Myerslopiidae is restricted to New Zealand and South America while the Melizoderidae consist of two genera restricted to South America.[1][2]
The great diversity of Neotropical taxa suggests that the group originated in that region.
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| Family relations within the Membracoidea[3][4] |
The Membracoidea share the following anatomical characteristics, a tentorium which is incomplete, the midcoxae are enlarged; and the mid and hind tibiae have rows of setae. The position of Jascopidae represented by Jascopus notabilis and Homopterulum jelli is not entirely clear but they have setal rows on the front and middle tibiae.[5]
Notes
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- S2CID 81988116.
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- S2CID 83755026.
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: 82–122.
- 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): 287–296. S2CID 85837251.
- Dietrich, Christopher H. & Deitz, Lewis L. (1993). "Superfamily Membracoidea (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha). II. Cladistic analysis and conclusions". Systematic Entomology. 18 (4): 297–311. S2CID 83755026.
External links
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