-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Hoppers (Suborder Auchenorrhyncha)

-Spittlebugs, Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Infraorder Cicadomorpha)

-Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Superfamily Membracoidea)

-Typical Leafhoppers (Family Cicadellidae)

-Sharpshooters (Subfamily Cicadellinae)

-Tribe Cicadellini

-Genus Ciminus

Ciminius is a genus of small leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae, specifically belonging to the tribe Cicadellini, whose members are commonly known as sharpshooters.They utilize powerful piercing-sucking mouthparts, called stylets, to tap into a plant’s xylem tissue and extract watery sap.