Family 3 MEMBRACIDAE 



1 Membracinae 

 2 Hoplophorinae 

 3 Darninae 

 4 Tragopinae 

 5 Smiliinae 

 6 Centrotinae 



Family 4 CICADELLIDAE. 



Sub-family 1 Paropinae 



2 Bythoscopinae 

 3 Cicadellinae 

 4 Gyponinae 

 5 Jassinae 



Super-Family 2FULGOROIDEA. 



Family 1 FULGORIDAE 



Sub-Family 1 Fulgorinae 



2 Dictyophorinae 



3 Achilinae 



4 Cixiinae 



5 Tropiduchinae 



6 Issinae 



7 Acanaloniinae 



8 Flatinae 



9 Derbinae 



Family 2 DELPHACIDAE. 



Group IISTERNORHYNCHI Amyot & Serville. 



Family 1 CHERMIDAE. 

 2 APHIDIDAE. 

 3 ALEYRODIDAE. 

 4 COCCIDAE. 



DISTRIBUTION 



The Fulgoridae is certainly a very ancient family and 

 one highly specialized at an early age. The early American 

 fauna was undoubtedly connected in some way with that 

 of Asia by means of a land bridge. During the Eocene 

 period the entire northern hemisphere was covered by a 

 luxuriant tropical vegetation, rich in arborescent species, 

 and one of the most striking features was the abundance 

 of the broad-winged, moth-like Fulgorids. Cockerell has 

 described twenty-six fossil species from the Rocky Mountain 

 Eocene which are of large size and bright markings that 



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