Infraorder

Cicadomorpha (Spittlebugs, cicadas, leafhoppers and treehoppers)

Graphocephala confluens. Photo: (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cicadomorpha is an infraorder of the insect order Hemiptera which contains the cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, and spittlebugs. There are approximately 35,000 described species worldwide. Distributed worldwide, all members of this group are plant-feeders, and many produce either audible sounds or substrate vibrations as a form of communication. The earliest fossils of cicadomorphs first appear during the Late Permian.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
        Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha (True hoppers)
        Infraorder: Cicadomorpha (Spittlebugs, cicadas, leafhoppers and treehoppers)
        Superfamily: Cicadoidea (Cicadas) (5)
        Superfamily: Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs and froghoppers) (1)
        Superfamily: Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and treehoppers) (11)

Subtaxa

Superfamily: Cicadoidea (Cicadas)

Superfamily: Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs and froghoppers)

Superfamily: Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and treehoppers)

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