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Membracidae - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Hemiptera > Suborder Auchenorrhyncha > Infraorder Cicadomorpha > Superfamily Membracoidea > Family Membracidae

(From Wikipedia) Treehoppers and thorn bugs are members of the family Membracidae, a group of insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers.

FACT: Treehopper females use their saw-like ovipositors to cut little slits in leaves to lay their eggs in!

Currently discovered: 2/8 Subfamilies, 0/5 Genera

Subfamily

  1. Smiliinae
  2. Membracinae