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Membracoidea

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Membracoidea
Leaf Hopper nymph of the Common Jassid (Eurymela fenestrata) on a eucalyptus branch
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Membracoidea
Families

Aetalionidae
Cicadellidae
Melizoderidae
Membracidae
Myerslopiidae

The superfamily Membracoidea includes two of the largest families among what used to be the "Homoptera"; the leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) and the treehoppers (Membracidae). The other families in this group are quite small, and have, at various points, generally been included as members within other families, though they are all presently considered to be valid, monophyletic groups. The odd, relictual family Myerslopiidae is one of the most recently-described of all Hemipteran families.