Homoptera is a suborder of order Hemiptera that is considered by some taxonomists to be paraphyletic, and therefore deprecated (obsolete). [1] [2] [3] It was therefore split into the suborders Sternorrhyncha, Auchenorrhyncha, and Coleorrhyncha. [4] [5] The earlier work was based on nuclear DNA, but more recent[ when?] phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial DNA suggest that Homoptera may be a monophyletic group after all, a sister group of Heteroptera. [6] The cause of the disparity in the analyses is suggested to be the long branch attraction effect in phylogenetic analysis, due to rapidly evolving DNA regions. [6]
The Homoptera include the aphids, scale insects, cicadas, and leafhoppers, which all have sucking mouthparts.
Homoptera is a suborder of order Hemiptera that is considered by some taxonomists to be paraphyletic, and therefore deprecated (obsolete). [1] [2] [3] It was therefore split into the suborders Sternorrhyncha, Auchenorrhyncha, and Coleorrhyncha. [4] [5] The earlier work was based on nuclear DNA, but more recent[ when?] phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial DNA suggest that Homoptera may be a monophyletic group after all, a sister group of Heteroptera. [6] The cause of the disparity in the analyses is suggested to be the long branch attraction effect in phylogenetic analysis, due to rapidly evolving DNA regions. [6]
The Homoptera include the aphids, scale insects, cicadas, and leafhoppers, which all have sucking mouthparts.