Family Delphacidae Leach 1815 (planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Delphacidae

Alternative spelling: Delphacinae

Synonyms: Araeopidae Metcalf 1938, Areopodidae Metcalf 1938

Full reference: W. E. Leach. 1815. Entomology. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 9:57-172

Parent taxon: Delphacoidea according to T. Bourgoin and J. Szwedo 2023

See also Becker-Migdisova 1964, Bourgoin and Szwedo 2022, Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1925, Cryan and Urban 2012, Le Quesne 1960, Metcalf 1938, Scudder 1895, Statz 1950, Szwedo 2018, Szwedo et al. 2004 and Werner 1969

Sister taxa: Cixiidae, Lalacidae

Subtaxa: Amagua Asiracinae Delphacinae Eucanyra

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Type: Delphax

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (1: Texas collection)

• Miocene of Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1)

• Eocene of Poland (1), United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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