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 includes two of the largest families among what used to be 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]

Notes

1. Szwedo, Jacek (2004). "An annotated checklist of Myerslopiidae with notes on the distribution and origin of the group (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha)". Zootaxa 425: 1–15.
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: 1–20. Abstract

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., and Dietrich, Christopher H. (1993). "Superfamily Membracoidea (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha). I. Introduction and revised classification with new family-group taxa". Systematic Entomology 18 (4): 287–296. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00667.x.
• Maurine R. Morgan. "How to Treat Bed Bug Bites: 12 Steps - American Academy of Dermatology". Scientific Publications - AMNH Library Digital Repository.
• Dietrich, Christopher H. and Deitz, Lewis L. (1993). "Superfamily Membracoidea (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha). II. Cladistic analysis and conclusions". Systematic entomology 18 (4): 297–311. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00668.x.