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Membracoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Hemiptera

Infraorder
  
Cicadomorpha

Higher classification
  
Cicadomorpha

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Suborder
  
Auchenorrhyncha

Scientific name
  
Membracoidea

Rank
  
Superfamily

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Lower classifications
  
Leafhopper, Treehopper

The superfamily Membracoidea includes two of the largest families among what used to be the "Homoptera"; the leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) and the treehoppers (Membracidae). The other families in this group are quite small, and have, at various points, generally been included as members within other families, though they are all presently considered to be valid, monophyletic groups. The odd, relictual family Myerslopiidae is one of the most recently described of all Hemipteran families.

References

Membracoidea Wikipedia