A brief overview of planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) classification and subdivisions is given. Recent advances and opinions on fossil and extant families of Fulgoroidea and their phylogenetic relationships are briefly discussed. The family Achilidae, one belonging to this superfamily is discussed in respect of their placement in classification proposals. The rank and definition as well as taxonomic concept of Achilidae are discussed. Proposals of internal subdivisions of Achilidae, with current ideas on classification and evolutionary relationships of family subunits and related groups are overviewed.
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Brysz et al. (2019) studied this question.