Caliscelidae

Caliscelidae
Female Ommatidiotus dissimilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
Family: Caliscelidae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
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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.[1][2] Sexual dimorphism can be marked. Some members of the family are called piglet bugs due to the shape of their snout.[citation needed] A particularly aberrant genus described in 2011 from India, Formiscurra, has males that resemble ants.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Song, N; Liang, A-P (2013). "A Preliminary Molecular Phylogeny of Planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) Based on Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Sequences". PLOS ONE. 8 (3): e58400. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...858400S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058400. PMC 3597614. PMID 23516472.
  2. ^ Emeljanov, A.F. (1999). "Notes on delimitation of families of the Issidae group with description of a new species of Caliscelidae belonging to a new genus and tribe (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 8 (1): 61–72.
  3. ^ Gnezdilov, V. M.; Viraktamath, C. A. (2011). "A new genus and new species of the tribe Caliscelini Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Caliscelidae, Caliscelinae) from southern India" (PDF). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 58 (2): 235–239. doi:10.1002/mmnd.201100026.
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