The family, Machaerotidae (Stål), called tube-making spittlebugs, (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadomorpha) four tribes, 31 genera and 115 species in the world, and is mainly distributed in the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions. In Korea, two species, Makiptyelus dimorphus (Maki, 1914) and Taihorina geisha (Schumacher, 1915) have been recorded. This group have unique morphological characters as follows: Scutellum stretched, spine-like, flat or with sharp carinae and projections, longer than pronotum and forewing distinctly membranous or transparent. Additionally, nymphs make a calcareous tube using some woody dicotyledons and immerses itself in a rather clear fluid excretion inside the tube. In this presentation, the family Machaerotiade is reviewed in Korea. Morphological data, shape of calcareous tube, biological notes, and the key to Korean Machaerotidae species are presented.

• Sunghoon Jung(Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
• Junehee Gu(Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)