Tymbal, Auchenorrhyncha Website

TYMBAL
The Auchenorrhyncha Website

Auchenorrhyncha is the group of true bugs (Hemiptera) that includes
the cicadas, spittlebugs, leafhoppers, treehoppers and planthoppers.

The purpose of the Tymbal Website is to promote communication
among researchers working on all aspects of
Auchenorrhyncha systematics, biology, economics and conservation.


	CONTENTS	Last Update

	NOTICES	28 March 2008
	LITERATURE	16 June 2008
	MEETINGS	4 January 2006
	13th International Auchenorrhyncha Congress	7 January 2008
	LINKS	24 May 2008

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Please Note:

The term Auchenorrhyncha is applied to a group of organisms once thought to be closely related. However recent work using molecular techniques (Sorenson et al. 1995, Campbell et al. 1995), coupled with traditional morphological analysis (mainly Bourgoin 1986 and onwards) has shown that, while the leafhoppers (Cicadelloidea), cicadas (Cicadoidea) and froghoppers and spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) appear to form a monophyletic group, the planthoppers (Fulgoroidea), are more closely related to the Heteroptera. The Suborder name Archaeorrhyncha has been proposed for the planthoppers while the remaining "Auchenorrhyncha" have been grouped under the Suborder Clypeorrhyncha. The other Hemiptera Suborders are the Sternorrhyncha (aphids, scales, whiteflies, lerps and their relatives), which is the sister group to all other Hemiptera and Prosorrhyncha (Heteroptera + Peloridioidea).

However, Yoshizawa and Saigusa (2001) have found support for the monophyly of the Auchenorrhyncha in the structures of the forewing base.

Whether "Auchenorrhyncha" is accepted as a valid group phylogenetically or not, it still retains a practical use in linking researchers who work on planthoppers with their most closely affiliated colleagues.

Logo:

The logo used on these pages comes from Frej Ossianilsson's groundbreaking 1949 publication on sound production in Auchenorrhyncha which founded the scientific study of acoustics in leafhoppers and planthoppers. Ossianilsson also produced a 78rpm recording of many of the species he studied and a digitally remastered reproduction of this was produced on CD for the 11th International Auchenorrhyncha Congress, Potsdam, August 5-9, 2002 with kind permission from the Entomological Society of Lund, Sweden.

(Ossiannilsson, F., 1949. Insect Drummers. A study on the morphology and function of the sound-producing organ of Swedish Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha. Opuscula Entomologica Supplementum 10: 1-146).