MEMBRACIDAE
(treehoppers)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Centrotus cornutus
Tree Hopper
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 		Species 6 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyMEMBRACIDAE (treehoppers)
SuperfamilyCICADOMORPHA (a superfamily of planthoppers)
SuborderAUCHENORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Buckton, G.B. 1903 *** A monograph of the Membracidæ ***(Superseded) The Ray Society, London

MEMBRACIDAE (treehoppers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MEMBRACIDAE (treehoppers)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MEMBRACIDAE (treehoppers)
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