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Welcome to Superfamily Membracoidea!

Membracoidea - 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

(From Wikipedia) The superfamily Membracoidea of sap-sucking true-bugs includes two of the largest families within what used to be called the "Homoptera": the leafhoppers and the treehoppers.

FACT: A large number of true bugs are capable of producing sounds that are inaudible to the human ear!

Currently discovered: 2/5 Families

Family

  1. Cicadellidae - Typical Leafhoppers
  2. Membracidae - Typical Treehoppers