Broad, markedly ridged lateral pronotal processes and the median pronotal process vertically enlarged posteriorly; setae on tegmen surface; cross veins between M1 and M2.
Horned Treehoppers
Membracidae Rafinesque, 1815
Type genus: Membracis Fabricius, 1775
(after Fletcher 2009 and updates): The Horned Treehoppers are characterised by the enlargement of the pronotum, sometimes into grotesque shapes. In Australian species there are usually two lateral horns but these are often reduced to bumps and sometimes missing altogether.
Publications
Fletcher MJ (2009): Identification keys and checklists for the leafhoppers, planthoppers and their relatives occurring in Australia and neighbouring areas (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). WEB
Hemiptera - Auchenorrhyncha (cicadas, planthoppers)
All classes
- Arachnida
- Crustacea
- Gastropoda
- Insecta
- Orthoptera - Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
- Hymenoptera excl. Formicidae (bees and wasps)
- Blattodea s. str. (Cockroaches)
- Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Dermaptera (earwigs)
- Diptera (flies, mosquitos)
- Entomobryomorpha (slender springtails)
- Hemiptera - Heteroptera (True Bugs)
- Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha (aphids, scales etc.)
- Hemiptera - Auchenorrhyncha (cicadas, planthoppers)
- Hymenoptera - Formicidae (Ants)
- Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
- Zygentoma (silverfish)
- Myriapoda