Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Membracoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraordo: Cicadomorpha
Superfamilia: Membracoidea

Familia: Myerslopiidae
Subfaniliae total (2):
Extant groups (1): Myerslopiinae
Fossil groups (1): † Ovojassinae

Genera unassigned (1): Mapuchea

Overview of genera (5) edit

Extant groups (3): Mapuchea – Myerslopia – Pemmation
Fossil groups (2): † Hallex – † Ovojassus

Name edit

Myerslopiidae Evans, 1957

  • Type genus: Myerslopia Evans, 1947

References edit

  • Cryan, J.R. 2005: Molecular phylogeny of Cicadomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadoidea, Cercopoidea and Membracoidea): adding evidence to the controversy. Systematic Entomology, 30: 563–574. [phylogeny: Myerslopiidae are the sister group of the remaining Membracoidea]
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. 1999: The ground-dwelling leafhoppers Myerslopiidae, new family, and Sagmatiini, new tribe (Homoptera: Membracoidea). Invertebrate taxonomy, 13(2): 207–235. DOI: 10.1071/IT96028
  • Szwedo, J. 2004: An annotated checklist of Myerslopiidae with notes on the distribution and origin of the group (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha). Zootaxa 425: 1–15. Abstract & excerpt Reference page

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