[1] Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web[2] includes a monotypic tribe and one genus incertae sedis: Cixiid species are typically comparatively small (body size less than a centimeter) and usually inconspicuous.

Adults feed on herbs, shrubs and/or trees; some are polyphagous, while others are specialised on their host plants (monophagous).

Females occasionally bear impressive "wax tails" produced by wax-producing plates at the tip of their abdomen.

Phytoplasma are common parasites in these insects, causing diseases in coconut palms and foliage, grapevines, sugar beets, and lilies.

[6] Due to the abundant nature of Cixiidae as inclusions in Eocene Baltic amber a number of taxa have been described, including Glisachaemus jonasdamzeni and Autrimpus sambiorum.