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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).
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