Planthopper
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A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to
Flatid leaf bugs and nymphs
Planthopper (Fulgoridae: Pterodictya reticularis) with abdominal filaments of ketoester wax
Metcalfa pruinosa (Flatidae)
Flatolystra verrucosa (Fulgoridae)
Hemiptera
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Hemiptera is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shie
Planthopper
…Planthopper Temporal range: Flatida rosea (Flatidae) adults and nymphs Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha Evans, 1946 Families See text A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the…
Hemiptera suborders
Fossil planthopper (Fulgoromorpha) from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil, c. 116 mya
Hemipteran mouthparts are distinctive, with mandibles and maxillae modified to form a piercing "stylet" sheathed within a modified labium.
An ant-mimicking predatory bug Myrmecoris gracilis