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Caliscelidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Fulgoroidea

Rank
  
Family

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
True bugs

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Similar
  
True bugs, Issidae, Achilidae, Acanaloniidae, Tropiduchidae

Planthoppers under the microscope caliscelidae


Caliscelidae is a family of planthoppers, sap-sucking insects that belong to the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha and superfamily Fulgoroidea. They are somewhat anomalous and have often been included within the family Issidae. Studies made in 2013 of the phylogeny of the Issidae and other groups using molecular techniques support the treatment of the group as a separate family. Sexual dimorphism can be marked. Some members of the family are called piglet bugs due to the shape of their snout. A particularly aberrant genus described in 2011 from India, Formiscurra, has males that resemble ants.

References

Caliscelidae Wikipedia


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