Dictyopharidae
Dictyopharidae | |
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Thanatodictya tillyardi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
Superfamily: | Fulgoroidea |
Family: | Dictyopharidae Spinola, 1839 |
Subfamilies | |
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Dictyopharidae is a family of bugs in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha belonging to the infraorder Fulgoromorpha. The family comprises nearly 760 species in more than 150 genera.[1]
Description
Like all other fulgoroids, they have the antennae arising on the side of the head below the compound eye (not between the eyes as in the Cicadoidea). Many species have an elongated frons. Those that do not have this elongation may have 2 or 3 carinae (keels). The median ocellus is absent.[2]
Fossil record
Several species are known from the fossil record, including the Eocene age Alicodoxa rasnitsyni described from Baltic and Rovno ambers.[3]
References
- ^ Song, Zhi-Shun; Ai-Ping Liang (2011). "Two new genera and two new species of Oriental dictyopharid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Dictyopharidae) from Sri Lanka and southern India" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2740: 24–34.
- ^ Borror DJ, Triplehorn CA, Delong DM (1989). Introduction to the Study of Insects, 6th Edition. Saunders College Publishing. ISBN 0-03-025397-7.
- ^ Emeljanov, A. F.; Shcherbakov, D. E. (2011). "A new genus and species of Dictyopharidae (Homoptera) from Rovno and Baltic amber based on nymphs". ZooKeys. 130: 175–184. doi:10.3897/zookeys.130.1775. PMC 3260758.
External Links
- Media related to Dictyopharidae at Wikimedia Commons
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