
Freitas, Énio;Aguín-Pombo, Dora
Cixiidae
Sign in to saveThe Cixiidae are a family of fulgoroid insects, one of many families commonly known as planthoppers, distributed worldwide and comprising more than 2,000 species from over 150 genera.
Species
cixid planthoppers
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyCixiidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,885
- With media
- 908
- Family
- Cixiidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, UAM, VPI, UMNH, SDNHM, NAUF
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Fossil record
- See also
- References
- External links
The Cixiidae are a family of fulgoroid insects, one of many families commonly known as planthoppers, distributed worldwide and comprising more than 2,000 species from over 150 genera.
==Taxonomy== Genera have been placed in up to three subfamilies, including the Cixiinae, of which sixteen tribes are currently accepted. Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web includes a monotypic tribe and one genus incertae sedis: Borysthenini Emeljanov, 1989 - Africa, Asia Borysthenes Stål, 1866 Bothriocerinae Muir, 1923 - Americas Chlorodus Johnson & Ledig, 1918 tribe Bothriocerini Muir, 1923 Bothriobaltia† Szwedo, 2002 Bothrioceretta Caldwell, 1950 Delwa† Szwedo, 2019 Klugga† Szwedo, 2019 Liwakka† Szwedo, 2019
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