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[[File:Fulgoromorpha_morphology_ENG.JPG|500px|thumb|Basic morphology of a member of the Fulgoromorpha (original source: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grundbauplan_Fulgoromorpha.png Wikimedia Commons])]]
The Fulgoromorpha (planthoppers) are a subgroup of the Auchenorrhyncha which can be recognized by the combination of the following characters:
* The antennae are inserted below the compound eyes (not in between the eyes).
* On the forewings the clavus veins form a Y-shaped pattern.
* The vertex is usually smaller compared to the 2nd subgroup of the Auchenorrhyncha, the [[Cicadomorpha]] (the leafhoppers and true cicadas).
* Usually the base of the forewings is partly covered by a small shield, a tegula.
* The coxae of the middle legs are elongated and well separated from each other.

The planthoppers include 20 families. A key to these families has been published in 2005 by Stephen W. Wilson ([http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe88p464.pdf free access to full text of article]).

Here, we are trying to develop additional illustrated keys for specific regions:

* '''[[Fulgoromorpha (Europe)|Key to the European families of the Fulgoromorpha]]'''

External links to similar illustrated on-line keys:

* '''[http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/index.html Key to the Planthoppers of Australia and New Zealand]'''