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Myerslopiidae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Subclassis: Pterygota
Divisio: Neoptera
Subdivisio: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraordo: Cicadomorpha
Superfamilia: Membracoidea
Familia: Myerslopiidae
Genera: Mapuchea - Myerslopia - ?†Ovojassus - Pemmation

References

* Cryan, J.R. 2005: Molecular phylogeny of Cicadomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadoidea, Cercopoidea and Membracoidea): adding evidence to the controversy. Systematic Entomology, 30: 563–574. [phylogeny: Myerslopiidae are the sister group of the remaining Membracoidea]
* Hamilton, K.G.A. 1999: The ground-dwelling leafhoppers Myerslopiidae, new family, and Sagmatiini, new tribe (Homoptera: Membracoidea). Invertebrate taxonomy, 13: 207-235. [upgraded to family status]
* Szwedo, J. 2004: An annotated checklist of Myerslopiidae with notes on the distribution and origin of the group (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha). Zootaxa, 425: 1-15.

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