Auchenorrhyncha

The Auchenorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains most of the familiar members of what was called the "Homoptera" – groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs. The aphids and scale insects are the other well-known "Homoptera", and they are in the suborder Sternorrhyncha.

Auchenorrhyncha

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
true bugPBDB
Sits inside
HemipteraPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Arthropoda
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Insecta

Time the record covers

At least 298 million years on record.

The record covers at least 298.9 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 303.7 Mya to 0 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 2 of 1328 occurrencesPermian — about 284 of 1328 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 1 of 1328 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 77 of 1328 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 119 of 1328 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 91 of 1328 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 55 of 1328 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 114 of 1328 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 146 of 1328 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 49 of 1328 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 11 of 1328 occurrencesEocene — about 160 of 1328 occurrencesOligocene — about 66 of 1328 occurrencesMiocene — about 111 of 1328 occurrencesPliocene — about 17 of 1328 occurrencesPleistocene — about 19 of 1328 occurrences310–299 Mya — about 2 occurrences299–289 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences289–279 Mya — about 5 occurrences279–268 Mya — about 157 occurrences268–258 Mya — about 56 occurrences258–248 Mya — about 65 occurrences248–237 Mya — about 69 occurrences237–227 Mya — about 36 occurrences227–217 Mya — about 41 occurrences217–207 Mya — about 41 occurrences207–196 Mya — about 22 occurrences196–186 Mya — about 12 occurrences186–176 Mya — about 63 occurrences176–165 Mya — about 17 occurrences165–155 Mya — about 115 occurrences155–145 Mya — about 39 occurrences145–134 Mya — about 13 occurrences134–124 Mya — about 30 occurrences124–114 Mya — about 101 occurrences114–103 Mya — about 4 occurrences103–93 Mya — about 46 occurrences93–83 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences83–72 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences72–62 Mya — about 1 occurrence62–52 Mya — about 22 occurrences52–41 Mya — about 38 occurrences41–31 Mya — about 118 occurrences31–21 Mya — about 62 occurrences21–10 Mya — about 99 occurrences10–0 Mya — about 51 occurrences298.9 Mya11.7 ka310 Mya0 Mya

1,328 occurrences of Auchenorrhyncha on record, most of them in the Permian. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,328 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

139 formations

Iva-Gora Beds — 65.55°N, 43.67°EIva-Gora Beds — 65.59°N, 42.57°EIva-Gora Beds — 65.60°N, 43.62°EDaohugou — 41.32°N, 119.24°EDaohugou — 41.37°N, 119.38°EMadygen — 40.05°N, 70.21°EMadygen — 40.03°N, 70.25°EMadygen — 40.00°N, 70.20°EFlorissant — 38.92°N, 105.28°WYixian — 41.42°N, 118.97°EYixian — 41.33°N, 119.13°EYixian — 41.62°N, 120.83°EYixian — 41.51°N, 118.85°EYixian — 41.38°N, 116.28°EYixian — 40.91°N, 117.92°EYixian — 41.15°N, 117.96°EYixian — 41.03°N, 118.92°EYixian — 42.74°N, 125.37°EYixian — 40.97°N, 117.90°EYixian — 41.83°N, 121.13°EMitina — 53.55°N, 87.25°EBlackstone — 27.62°S, 152.75°ERott — 50.75°N, 7.26°ECroudace Bay — 33.02°S, 151.67°ECroudace Bay — 32.98°S, 151.65°ECrato — 7.13°S, 39.70°WSolnhofen — 48.91°N, 11.14°EMount Crosby — 27.55°S, 152.78°EMount Crosby — 27.55°S, 152.77°EGreen River — 39.53°N, 107.78°WGreen River — 39.46°N, 108.41°WGreen River — 39.60°N, 108.40°WGreen River — 39.00°N, 108.00°WGreen River — 41.56°N, 109.55°WGreen River — 41.55°N, 109.51°WGreen River — 41.82°N, 110.76°WGreen River — 39.63°N, 108.15°WBaitugan — 55.89°N, 53.34°EBaitugan — 64.72°N, 57.99°EBouldnor — 50.74°N, 1.36°WBarstow — 34.95°N, 116.83°WBarstow — 34.94°N, 116.83°WUpper Freshwater-Molasse — 47.67°N, 8.93°ESulyukta — 40.03°N, 70.50°ESulyukta — 39.94°N, 69.59°EAllenby — 49.44°N, 120.54°WAllenby — 49.45°N, 120.59°WAllenby — 49.37°N, 120.59°WEstcourt — 29.00°S, 29.83°EEstcourt — 29.80°S, 29.79°EEstcourt — 29.50°S, 30.17°EEstcourt — 29.33°S, 30.00°ESagul — 39.98°N, 70.43°EJiulongshan — 40.96°N, 117.61°EJiulongshan — 40.91°N, 118.32°EJiulongshan — 41.45°N, 120.05°ELos Rastros — 29.08°S, 69.11°WLos Rastros — 29.88°S, 67.77°WYanchang — 35.22°N, 109.03°EYanchang — 34.81°N, 106.93°E

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The named rock units Auchenorrhyncha has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 115 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 296 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Auchenorrhyncha and its relatives

Permian

Where Auchenorrhyncha and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

7,170 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 473 sites for Auchenorrhyncha, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

380 references

Each of the 1,328 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 368 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Auchenorrhyncha

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Bruce Marlin
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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No 3D scan of Auchenorrhyncha was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Duméril 1805)