Caliscelidae is a family of

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, sap-sucking insects that belong to the order

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, suborder

Auchenorrhyncha The Auchenorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains most of the familiar members of what was called the "Homoptera" – groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs. The aphids and scale insects are the o ...

and superfamily

Fulgoroidea A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment ...

. They are somewhat anomalous and have often been included within the family Issidae. Studies made in 2013 of the

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of the Issidae and other groups using molecular techniques support the treatment of the group as a separate family. Sexual dimorphism can be marked. Some members of the family are called piglet bugs due to the shape of their

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. A particularly aberrant genus described in 2011 from India, '' Formiscurra'', has males that resemble ants.

Subfamilies and tribes

* Caliscelinae Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 ** Caliscelini Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 *** '' Afronaso'' Jacobi, 1910 *** '' Ahomocnemiella'' Kusnezov, 1929 *** '' Annamatissus'' Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2014 *** '' Asarcopus'' Horváth, 1921 *** '' Bambusicaliscelis'' Chen & Zhang, 2011 *** '' Bolbonaso'' Emeljanov, 2007 *** '' Bruchoscelis'' Melichar, 1906 *** '' Calampocus'' Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2009 *** '' Caliscelis'' De Laporte, 1833 *** '' Chirodisca'' Emeljanov, 1996 *** '' Formiscurra'' Gnezdilov & Viraktamath, 2011 *** '' Gelastissus'' Kirkaldy, 1906 *** '' Griphissus'' Fennah, 1967 *** '' Gwurra'' Linnavuori, 1973 *** '' Homocnemia'' Costa, 1857 *** '' Issopulex'' China & Fennah, 1960 *** '' Madaceratops'' Gnezdilov, 2011 *** '' Myrmissus'' Linnavuori, 1973 *** '' Nenasa'' Chan & Yang, 1994 *** '' Nubianus'' Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2009 *** '' Ordalonema'' Dlabola, 1980 *** '' Patamadaga'' Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2009 *** ''

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'' Jacobi, 1910 *** '' Reinhardema'' Gnezdilov, 2010 *** '' Rhinogaster'' Fennah, 1949 *** '' Rhinoploeus'' Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2009 *** '' Savanopulex'' Dlabola, 1987 *** '' Sphenax'' Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2009 *** '' Thaiscelis'' Gnezdilov, 2015 *** '' Ugandana'' Metcalf, 1952 ** Peltonotellini Emeljanov, 2008 *** '' Acromega'' Emeljanov, 1996 *** '' Aphelonema'' Uhler, 1876 *** '' Bergrothora'' Metcalf, 1952 *** '' Bruchomorpha'' Newman, 1838 *** '' Ceragra'' Emeljanov, 1996 *** '' Concepcionella'' Schmidt, 1927 *** '' Fitchiella'' Van Duzee, 1917 *** '' Homaloplasis'' Melichar, 1906 *** '' Itatiayana'' Metcalf, 1952 *** '' Nenema'' Emeljanov, 1996 *** '' Ohausiella'' Schmidt, 1910 *** '' Papagona'' Ball, 1935 *** '' Paranaso'' Schmidt, 1932 *** '' Peltonotellus'' Puton, 1886 *** '' Peripola'' Melichar, 1907 *** '' Plagiopsis'' Berg, 1883 *** '' Plagiopsola'' Schmidt, 1927 *** '' Semiperipola'' Schmidt, 1910 * Ommatidiotinae Fieber, 1875 ** Adenissini Dlabola, 1980 *** '' Adenissina'' Dlabola, 1980 *** '' Bocrina'' Emeljanov, 1999 *** '' Coinquendina'' Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2006 *** '' Pteriliina'' Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2006 ** Augilini Baker, 1915 *** '' Anthracidium'' Emeljanov, 2013 *** '' Augila'' Stål, 1870 *** '' Augilina'' Melichar, 1914 *** '' Augilodes'' Fennah, 1963 *** '' Campures'' Gnezdilov, 2015 *** ''

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'' Gnezdilov, 2011 *** '' Cicimora'' Emeljanov, 1998 *** '' Discote'' Emeljanov, 2013 *** '' Pseudosymplanella'' Che, Zhang & Webb, 2009 *** †'' Quizqueiplana'' Bourgoin & Wang, 2015 *** '' Signoreta'' Gnezdilov & Bourgoin, 2009 *** '' Symplana'' Kirby, 1891 *** '' Symplanella'' Fennah, 1987 *** '' Symplanodes'' Fennah, 1987 *** '' Tubilustrium'' Distant, 1916 ** Ommatidiotini Fieber, 1875 *** '' Ommatidiotus'' Spinola, 1839 *''incertae sedis'' **'' Peltonotellus'' Kusnezov, 1930

References

Auchenorrhyncha families Fulgoromorpha {{Fulgoromorpha-stub