Myerslopiidae

Taxonavigation

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
Subfamiliae total (2):
Extant groups (1): Myerslopiinae
Fossil groups (1): † Ovojassinae

Genera unassigned (1): Mapuchea

Overview of genera (5)

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

Name

Myerslopiidae Evans, 1957

• Type genus: Myerslopia Evans, 1947

References

Additional references

• 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 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.425.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Myerslopiidae - World Auchenorrhyncha Database

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