The hemiperan infraorder Cicadomorpha includes the superfamilies Cicadoidea (cicadas), Cercopoidea (spittlebugs and froghoppers), and Membracoidea (leafhoppers and treehoppers). Previous studies have attempted to determine relationships among these three monophyletic lineages using either morphological or molecular data, however issues such as insufficient sampling (taxonomic and data) and problematic tree rooting have led to discordance among results. Presented here will be the results of a phylogenetic analysis of Cicadomorpha based on DNA nucleotide sequence data from multiple genetic markers (18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, and histone 3), generated from taxa representing the cicadomorphan families Cicadidae, Tettigarctidae, Cercopidae, Aphrophoridae, Clastopteridae, Machaerotidae, Epipygidae, Cicadellidae, Membracidae, and Aetalionidae.
Species 1: Homoptera Cercopidae (spittlebug, froghopper)
Species 2: Homoptera Cicadidae (Cicada)
Species 3: Homoptera Membracidae (treehopper)
Keywords: Auchenorrhyncha, molecular phylogenetics
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