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Superfamily Delphacoidea

Planthopper - Stenocranus Planthopper - Liburniella ornata Muellerianella laminalis tiny bug at moth lights - Bothriocera Microledrida - Microledrida fuscata Cixius - male sp3 - Megamelus flavus - male UDCC_TCN 00102432 (HOLOTYPE) - Oecleus pontifex - male
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 Delphacoidea
Explanation of Names
Delphacoidea Leach, 1815
Numbers
3 extant families, two of which are in our area(1)(2)
Cixiidae Spinola, 1839
Delphacidae Leach, 1815
extralimital families
Borysthenidae Emeljanov, 1989
Identification
Differ from Fulgoroidea in the form of the ovipositor (orthopteroid, ensiform) and in wing venation. A median ocellus is often (not always) present (absent in Fulgoroidea, present in Meenoploidea).
Works Cited
1.Toward a new classification of planthoppers Hemiptera Fulgoromorpha: 1. What Do Fulgoridiidae Really Cover?
Bourgoin T., Szwedo J. 2022. Ann. Zool. 72: 951-962.
2.Phylogenomic insights into the relationship and the evolutionary history of planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)
Deng, Stroiński, Szwedo, Ghanavi, Yapar, Franco, Prus-Frankowska, Michalik, Wahlberg, and Łukasik. 2024. Systematic Entomology.