Archijassidae

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Archijassidae
Temporal range: Norian–Cenomanian
Mesojassus ipsviciensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily: Membracoidea
Family: Archijassidae
Becker-Migdisova 1962
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Archijassidae is an extinct family of leafhoppers known from the Late Triassic to the early Late Cretaceous. It is the oldest member of Membracoidea, and is considered ancestral to modern leafhoppers and treehoppers.

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