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1A/2A
Fig.
30 Forewings: (a) of a froghopper - family
Cercopidae; (b) of a leafhopper - family
Delphacidae.
11. Family CICADELLIDAE (leafhoppers)
(p. 99
etseq.)
Fig.
31 Hindleg of a leafhopper - family
Cicadellidae.
Small insects, with hindlegs of the very active
adults adapted for jumping; ocelli (two) present
or absent; hind tibiae angular and bearing one
or more rows of spines
(Fig.
31) (cf. family
Cercopidae); veins 1A and 2A of forewings sepa-
rate (see Fig. 30a) (cf. family Delphacidae);
female ovipositor adapted for lacerating plant
tissue into which eggs are laid. Nymphs active
and free-living.
EXAMPLES:
Aphrodinae -
Aphrodes bicinctus
(strawberry leafhopper); Evacanthinae -
Evacanthus interruptus
(hop leafhopper);
Typhlocybinae -
Eupteryx melissae
(chrysan-
themum leafhopper).
Superfamily
FULGOROMORPHA
Fig.
32 Hindleg of a leafhopper - family
Delphacidae.
Antennae arise from below the compound eyes.
12. Family DELPHACIDAE (planthoppers)
(p. 101)
1A and 2A of forewings Y-shaped, being united
distally
(Fig. 30b).
EXAMPLE:
Javesella
Leafhoppers characterized by the large, move-
able apical spur on each hind tibia
(Fig.
32); veins
pellucida
(cereal
leafhopper).