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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Fulgoroidea » Achilid Planthoppers (Achilidae)

Family Achilidae - Achilid Planthoppers

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Synecdoche grisea Catonia lunata Cixidia colorata Catonia picta CASTYPE02380 - Synecdoche nervata UDCC_TCN 00001926 - Synecdoche constellata - male Nymph, Cixidia? Arizona Planthopper for ID - Synecdoche
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 Fulgoroidea
Family Achilidae (Achilid Planthoppers)
Explanation of Names
Achilidae Stål 1866
Numbers
55 spp. in 8 genera in our area, >500 spp. in ~160 genera worldwide(1)
Identification
Key to genera(1)
Remarks
Higher classification (at least at subfamilial level) is completely arbitrary and in dire need of revision. For this reason, the subfamilies are not represented in the guide.
Internet References
Taxon page(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 January, 2005 - 4:15pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, KenW, antarctica
Last updated 30 March, 2024 - 5:09pm

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