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Superfamily Cixioidea

Planthopper - Isodelphax basivitta Pissonotus Planthopper - Pissonotus planthopper - Pissonotus Which Cixiid Planthopper is this? - Melanoliarus Unknown Critter - Kosswigianella analis Sogatella? - Muellerianella laminalis hopper - Cixius nervosus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Cixioidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cixioidea Bourgoin and Szwedo, 2022
Numbers
2 extant families, both in our area
Identification
Differ from Fulgoroidea in the form of the ovipositor (orthopteroid, ensiform) and differences in wing venation which strongly support evolutionary divergence. A median ocellus is often (but not always) present, a feature lacking in Fulgoroidea.