Achilixiidae
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| Achilixiidae | |
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| Bebaiotes banksi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Achilixiidae Muir, 1923 |
The Achilixiidae[1] are a family of Fulgoromorpha (planthoppers); species may be found in the neotropical and Asian regions.[2] They are closely related to Achilidae and are sometimes included under Achilidae as a subfamily. Like Achilidae, species generally feed on several species of plant though the nymph stage has been found to feed on fungus. Like other planthoppers, the immature stage is covered in a wax which may help protect it from predators.[3] Achilixiidae are small or medium sized for planthoppers and are greatly compressed, not depressed like the Achilidae.[4]
