Caliscelidae is a family of

planthoppers 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 ...

, sap-sucking insects that belong to the order Hemiptera, 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 othe ...

and superfamily Fulgoroidea. They are somewhat anomalous and have often been included within the family

Issidae Issidae is a family of planthoppers described by Spinola in 1839, belonging to the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha superfamily Fulgoroidea. Distribution Species of this family are present throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Descrip ...

. 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 snout. 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 *** ''

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'' Distant, 1916 ** Ommatidiotini Fieber, 1875 *** '' Ommatidiotus'' Spinola, 1839 *''incertae sedis'' **'' Peltonotellus'' Kusnezov, 1930

References

Auchenorrhyncha families Fulgoromorpha {{Fulgoromorpha-stub