This group includes all caliscelid species that cannot be referred to a genus.
Plant hoppers
Caliscelidae Amyot & Serville, 1843
Type genus: Caliscelis De Laporte, 1833
Previously included in Issidae, but separated by difference in structures of the female genitalia and ovipositor (Emeljanov 1999). lssidae are distinguished by the pterygomonomorphism with slightly diminished, peculiar, case-shaped or steeply tectiform tegmina. Caliscelidae are distinguished by the pterygodimorphism with prevalence of strongly brachypterous form (reduced wings).
See also: idtools.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/caliscelidae.htm.
Publications
Emeljanov AF (1999): Notes on delimitation of families of the Issidae group with description of a new species of Caliscelidae belonging to a new genus and tribe (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Zoosystema Rossica. 8: 61 - 72WEB