List any three families of agricultural importance in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha and indicate why they are important.

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List any three families of agricultural importance in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha and indicate why they are important. 

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The Auchenorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera that include familiar insects such as cicadas, spittlebugs, and leafhoppers.

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This suborder Auchenorrhyncha includes morphologically diverse organisms, and members of this suborder share some common features that distinguish them from other suborders of Hemiptera:

(1) the mouthparts arise from the back of the head.
(2) The antennae are relatively short and bristle-like.
(3) The adult tarsi have 3 subsegments.

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