Issidae
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Issidae is a family of 'planthoppers' described by Spinola in 1839, belonging to the ordo Hemiptera
, subordo Auchenorrhyncha
infraordo Fulgoromorpha.
Species of this family are present in most of Europe
, in eastern Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East
and in North Africa
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Issidae are small insects generally with a stocky body, as the wings mainly develop in width. The basic coloration the body is not striking, usually shows brownish colors. The head has two ocelli. The forewings have strong pronounced ribs. They wrap the abdomen when the insect is at rest. The family includes approximately 1000 species with 215 genera, but the systematic of Issidae remains uncertain.
Hemiptera
Hemiptera is an order of insects most often known as the true bugs , comprising around 50,000–80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others...
, subordo Auchenorrhyncha
Auchenorrhyncha
The Auchenorrhyncha is the suborder of the Hemiptera which contains most of the familiar members of what was called the Homoptera - groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs. The aphids and scale insects are the other well-known "Homoptera", and they are in...
infraordo Fulgoromorpha.
Species of this family are present in most of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, in eastern Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
and in North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
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Issidae are small insects generally with a stocky body, as the wings mainly develop in width. The basic coloration the body is not striking, usually shows brownish colors. The head has two ocelli. The forewings have strong pronounced ribs. They wrap the abdomen when the insect is at rest. The family includes approximately 1000 species with 215 genera, but the systematic of Issidae remains uncertain.
List of Subfamilies
The family consists of the following subfamilies:- Caliscelinae Melichar, 1906
- Hemisphaeriinae Melichar, 1906
- Issinae Spinola, 1839
- Tonginae Kirkaldy, 1907
- Trienopinae Fennah, 1954
- Ommatidiotinae