Auchenorrhyncha

insect suborder

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major reference

  • cicada
    In homopteran

    …of two large groups; the Auchenorrhyncha, which consists of the cicadas, treehoppers, froghoppers or spittlebugs, leafhoppers, and planthoppers or fulgorids; and the Sternorrhyncha, which includes aphids or

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annotated classification

  • cicada
    In homopteran: Annotated classification

    Suborder Auchenorrhyncha Beak arises at antero-ventral extremity of the face, not sheathed by propleura; antennae with one to three basal segments, with a terminal seta; forewings rooflike when at rest; filter chamber present; all males apparently produce sound. Family Cicadidae (cicadas) Also called dog-day harvest-flies, or…

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