Achilixiidae
Bebaiotes banksi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Achilixiidae
Muir, 1923

The Achilixiidae[1] are a family of Fulgoromorpha (planthoppers); species may be found in the neotropical and Asian regions.[2] They are closely related to Achilidae and are sometimes included under Achilidae as a subfamily. Like Achilidae, species generally feed on several species of plant though the nymph stage has been found to feed on fungus. Like other planthoppers, the immature stage is covered in a wax which may help protect it from predators.[3] Achilixiidae are small or medium sized for planthoppers and are greatly compressed, not depressed like the Achilidae.[4]

Genera and species

Two genera, each in its own subfamily, are known:

Achilixiinae

Auth.: Muir, 1923 - Malesia

Bebaiotinae

Auth.: Emeljanov, 1991 - neotropical region

References

  1. ^ Muir FAG (1923) Achilixius, a new genus, constituting a new family of the Fulgoroidea (Homoptera). Philippine Journal of Science. Manila 22: 483–487.
  2. ^ Wilson MR (1989). "The planthopper family Achilixiidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea): a synopsis with a revision of the genus Achilixius". Systematic Entomology. 14 (4): 487–506. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1989.tb00299.x.
  3. ^ Bartlett, Charles; O'Brien, Lois; Wilson, Stephen (15 June 2014). "A REVIEW OF THE PLANTHOPPERS (HEMIPTERA: FULGOROIDEA) OF THE UNITED STATES". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society (50): 9–10.
  4. ^ "Classification of Achilixiidae – Planthoppers of North America". Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  5. ^ Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Achilixius Muir, 1923 (retrieved 16 December 2019)

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