Family Membracidae Rafinesque 1815 (treehopper)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Membracidae
Parent taxon: Membracoidea according to O. Borodin and O. Borodina 2021
See also Cryan and Urban 2012, Heer 1853, Szwedo 2018 and Wang et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Aetalionidae, Cicadellidae, Myerslopiidae, Pachymerus nigropedis, Archijassidae
Subtaxa: Membracites Stegaspidinae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Virginia collection)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence