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Auchenorrhyncha

Cicadas, spittlebugs, leafhoppers, treehoppers, and planthoppers

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Classification from Carver, Gross, and Woodward (1991), in Insects of Australia
Containing group: Hemiptera

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

This group may be paraphyletic, with the Coleorrhyncha and Heteroptera derived from within it. See the papers by Campbell et al. (1994, 1995), Sorensen et al. (1995), and von Dohlen and Moran (1995).

Other Names for Auchenorrhyncha

References

Campbell, B.C., J.D. Steffen-Campbell, and R.J. Gill. 1994. Evolutionary origin of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) inferred from 18S rDNA sequences. Insect Molecular Biology, 3: 73-88.

Campbell, B.C., J.D. Steffen-Campbell, J.T. Sorensen, and R.J. Gill. 1995. Paraphyly of Homoptera and Auchenorrhyncha inferred from 18S rDNA nucleotide sequences. Systematic Entomology, 20: 175-194.

Sorensen, J.T., B.C. Campbell, R.J. Gill and J.D. Steffen-Campbell. 1995. Non-monophyly of Auchenorrhyncha ("Homoptera"), based upon 18S rDNA phylogeny: eco-evolutionary and cladistic implications within pre-heteropterodea Hemiptera (s.l.) and a proposal for new monophyletic suborders. Pan-Pacific Entomologist: 71 (1): 31-60.

von Dohlen, C.D. and N.A. Moran. 1995. Molecular phylogeny of the Homoptera: a paraphyletic taxon. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 41:211-223.

Information on the Internet

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Scientific Name Acanalonia conica
Location East Brunswick Butterfly Park, East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Comments On Butterflybush.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Planthopper: Acanalonia conica
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Anita Gould
Scientific Name Oncometopia nigricans
Location Maryland, United States
Acknowledgements Courtesy InsectImages.org (#1366063)
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Life Cycle Stage adult
Source Collection Bugwood Network/Forestry Images
Copyright © Susan Ellis
Scientific Name Pissonotus sp.
Location Suffolk County, New York, USA
Comments Delphacidae (Delphacid Planthoppers)
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Andy Hamilton
Size about 1mm.
Source Photo#337479
Source Collection BugGuide.Net
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Bergen
Scientific Name Cicadetta oldfieldi
Location Brisbane, Australia
Comments Thin-striped wattle cicada
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Life Cycle Stage Adult
Size 20mm
Copyright © Peter Chew
Scientific Name Cercopis vulnerata
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Life Cycle Stage Adult
Size 9mm
Copyright © 2001-2005 Benoit Martha
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