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Auchenorrhyncha
Caliscelidae Amyot & Serville, 1834
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Specimen Records:109
Specimens with Sequences:104
Specimens with Barcodes:97
Species:28
Species With Barcodes:23
Public Records:93
Public Species:20
Public BINs:14
Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Caliscelidae
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[citation needed].
References[edit]
- ^ 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058400.
- ^ 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.
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