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Cercopidae are the largest family of
;Tribe Considiini
*'' Considia''
*'' Paphnutius''
;Tribe Cosmoscartini
*'' Cosmoscarta''
*'' Ectemnonotops''
*'' Ectemnonotum''
*'' Eubakeriella''
*'' Gynopygocarta''
*'' Gynopygolax''
*'' Helioscarta''
*'' Homalostethus''
*'' Kanoscarta''
*'' Kotozata''
*'' Okiscarta''
*'' Oxymegaspis''
*'' Oxypeltarion''
*'' Platynotoscarta''
;Tribe Phymatostethini
*'' Phymastostheta''
;Tribe Suracartini
*'' Anoplosnastus''
*'' Ectemnocarta''
*'' Leptataspis''
*'' Megastethodon''
*'' Opistharsostethus''
*'' Serapita''
*'' Simeliria''
*'' Suracarta''
;Tribe Trichoscartini
*'' Hemitrichoscarta''
*'' Neoporpacella''
*'' Paratrichoscarta''
*''
*†'' Allocercopis''
*†'' Berro''
*†'' Cercopites''
*†'' Cicadellites''
*†'' Dawsonites''
*†'' Eocercopidium''
*†'' Lithecphora''
*†'' Locrites''
*†'' Megacercopis''
*†'' Nangamostethos''
*†'' Nisocercopis''
*†'' Palecphora''
*†'' Parafitopteryx''
*†'' Prinecphora''
*†'' Stenecphora''
*†'' Stenolocris''
Cercopoidea
The superfamily Cercopoidea, some members of which are called froghoppers and still others known as spittlebugs, are a group of hemipteran insects in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha. Adults are capable of jumping many times their height and length, ...
, a xylem
Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue (biology), tissue in vascular plants, the other being phloem; both of these are part of the vascular bundle. The basic function of the xylem is to transport water upward from the roots to parts o ...
-feeding insect group, commonly called froghoppers. They belong to the hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from ...
n suborder Auchenorrhyncha
The Auchenorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains most of the familiar members of what was called the "Homoptera" – groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs. The aphids and scale insects are the o ...
. A 2023 phylogenetic study of the family suggested the elevation of the New World subfamily Ischnorhininae to full family status as Ischnorhinidae
Ischnorhinidae is the second largest family of Cercopoidea, a xylem-feeding insect group, formerly included in the family Cercopidae, and similarly commonly called froghoppers.
Taxonomy
They belong to the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha. A ...
, leaving a monophyletic Old World Cercopinae
Cercopidae are the largest family of Cercopoidea, a xylem-feeding insect group, commonly called froghoppers. They belong to the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha. A 2023 phylogenetic study of the family suggested the elevation of the New Worl ...
.
Taxonomy
Based on a 2023 molecular phylogenetic analysis, the Cercopidae '' senso stricto'' was divided into two monophyletic subfamilies,Cercopinae
Cercopidae are the largest family of Cercopoidea, a xylem-feeding insect group, commonly called froghoppers. They belong to the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha. A 2023 phylogenetic study of the family suggested the elevation of the New Worl ...
and Cosmoscartinae
Cercopidae are the largest family of Cercopoidea, a xylem-feeding insect group, commonly called froghoppers. They belong to the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha. A 2023 phylogenetic study of the family suggested the elevation of the New Worl ...
, each with a number of tribes.
Cercopinae
;Tribe Bandusiini *'' Bandisia'' ;Tribe Callitetixini *'' Abidama'' *''Callitettix
''Callitettix'' is a genus of bugs in the family Cercopidae ("froghoppers") in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha and typical of the tribe Callitettigini. The recorded distribution for species is in mainland Asia: from India to southern China and Ind ...
''
*'' Caloscarta''
*'' Moultoniella''
*'' Rhinastria''
*'' Tadascarta''
;Tribe Cercopini
*''Cercopis
''Cercopis'' is a genus of froghoppers belonging to the family Cercopidae, distributed primarily in the Palearctic. At least one species, '' C. vulnerata'', can be a pest to agriculture. There are over 30 accepted species.
Selected species
* '' ...
''
*'' Haematoloma''
*'' Triecphorella''
;Tribe Haematoscartini
*'' Clypeocarta''
*'' Haematoscarta''
*'' Lieftinckana''
*'' Straelenia''
;Tribe Hemiaufidini
*'' Hemiaufidus''
;Tribe Locrisini
*'' Anyllis''
*'' Dulitana''
*''Locris
Locris (; ; ) was a region of ancient Greece, the homeland of the Locrians, made up of three distinct districts.
Locrian tribe
The city of Locri in Calabria (Italy), also known in antiquity as "Epizephyrian Locris", was a colony founded by the ...
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*'' Nesaphrogeneia''
*'' Paralocris''
;Tribe Rhinaulacini
*'' Amberana''
*'' Asiacercopis''
*''Aufidus
The Ofanto (), known in ancient times as Aufidus or Canna, is a 134 or 170 km (83 or 110 mi, depending on the sources) river in southern Italy that flows through the regions of Campania, Basilicata, and Apulia, into the Gulf of Manfredonia near ...
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*'' Aufiterna''
*'' Augustohahnia''
*'' Baibarana''
*'' Bourgoinrana''
*'' Circulocercopis''
*'' Colsa''
*'' Eoscarta''
*'' Euryaulax''
*'' Hemibandusia''
*'' Hemicercopis''
*'' Hemiliterna''
*'' Heteroliterna''
*'' Jacobsoniella''
*'' Jeanneliensa''
*'' Kanozata''
*'' Lehina''
*'' Leptoliterna''
*'' Liorhinella''
*'' Literna''
*'' Machadoa''
*'' Mioscarta''
*'' Nesaulax''
*'' Neocercopis''
*'' Paracercopis''
*'' Paracercopoides''
*'' Paraliterna''
*'' Paramioscarta''
*'' Parapisidice''
*'' Petyllis''
*'' Poeciloterpa''
*'' Rhinaulax''
*'' Sounama''
*'' Synavea''
*'' Telogmometopius''
*'' Thoodzata''
*'' Trigonoschema''
*'' Villiersana''
*'' Wawi''
;Tribe ''incertae sedis''
*'' Alluaudensia''
*'' Ambonga''
*'' Blötea''
*'' Cercopicesa''
*'' Euglobiceps''
*'' Euryliterna''
*'' Janssensia''
*'' Lamprochlamys''
*'' Leptynis''
*'' Orthorhinella''
*'' Paramonecphora''
*'' Phlebarcys''
*'' Pisianax''
*'' Pogonorhinella''
*'' Pseudocercopis''
Cosmoscartinae
;Tribe Considiini
*'' Considia''
*'' Paphnutius''
;Tribe Cosmoscartini
*'' Cosmoscarta''
*'' Ectemnonotops''
*'' Ectemnonotum''
*'' Eubakeriella''
*'' Gynopygocarta''
*'' Gynopygolax''
*'' Helioscarta''
*'' Homalostethus''
*'' Kanoscarta''
*'' Kotozata''
*'' Okiscarta''
*'' Oxymegaspis''
*'' Oxypeltarion''
*'' Platynotoscarta''
;Tribe Phymatostethini
*'' Phymastostheta''
;Tribe Suracartini
*'' Anoplosnastus''
*'' Ectemnocarta''
*'' Leptataspis''
*'' Megastethodon''
*'' Opistharsostethus''
*'' Serapita''
*'' Simeliria''
*'' Suracarta''
;Tribe Trichoscartini
*'' Hemitrichoscarta''
*'' Neoporpacella''
*'' Paratrichoscarta''
*''Pisidice In Greek mythology, Pisidice (, , ''Peisidíkē'', "to convince or persuade") or Peisidice was one of the following individuals:
* Pisidice, a Thessalian princess as the daughter of King Aeolus of Aeolia and Enarete, daughter of Deimachus. She w ...
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*'' Porpacella''
*'' Trichoscarta''
;Tribe ''incertae sedis''
*'' Radioscarta''
Invalid genera
Crispolon Jr ''et al.'' (2023) considered certain described genera as invalid without discussion and did not include them in the family as prescribed by their phylogeny. *'' Delassor'' (junior synonym of '' Mahanarva'' in Ischnorhinidae) *'' Funkhouseria'' (junior synonym of '' Mahanarva'' in Ischnorhinidae) *'' Hemieoscarta'' (junior synonym of '' Eoscarta'') *'' Kuscarta'' (junior synonym of '' Sounama'') *'' Luederwaldtia'' (junior synonym of '' Mahanarva'' in Ischnorhinidae) *'' Pachypterinella'' (junior synonym of '' Kanaima'' in Ischnorhinidae) *'' Pseudeoscarta'' (junior synonym of '' Eoscarta'') *'' Stenaulophrys'' (junior synonym of '' Sounama'') *''Vigilantius Vigilantius (fl. 400) the Christian presbyter, wrote a work, no longer extant, which opposed a number of common 5th-century practices, and which inspired one of the most violent of the polemical treatises of Jerome (died 420).''The Oxford Dictionar ...
'' (junior synonym of '' Eoscarta'')
Fossil genera
*†'' Allocercopis''
*†'' Berro''
*†'' Cercopites''
*†'' Cicadellites''
*†'' Dawsonites''
*†'' Eocercopidium''
*†'' Lithecphora''
*†'' Locrites''
*†'' Megacercopis''
*†'' Nangamostethos''
*†'' Nisocercopis''
*†'' Palecphora''
*†'' Parafitopteryx''
*†'' Prinecphora''
*†'' Stenecphora''
*†'' Stenolocris''
Taxa removed from Cercopidae
Crispolon Jr. ''et al.''s 2023 molocular phylogenetic analysis recommended removing the following genera from Cercopidae and transferring them toAphrophoridae
The Aphrophoridae are a family of spittlebugs belonging to the order Hemiptera. There are at least 160 genera and 990 described species in Aphrophoridae.
Taxonomy
Traditionally, most of the superfamily Cercopoidea was considered a single fa ...
:
*'' Hemitriecphora''
*'' Microsargane''
Additionally they recommended the elevation of the subfamily Ischnorhininae, endemic to the Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.'' Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sin ...
, to full family status as Ischnorhinidae
Ischnorhinidae is the second largest family of Cercopoidea, a xylem-feeding insect group, formerly included in the family Cercopidae, and similarly commonly called froghoppers.
Taxonomy
They belong to the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha. A ...
. This was based on the closer phylogenetic ties to Machaerotidae
Machaerotidae are a family of bugs in the superfamily Cercopoidea which were formerly placed within Cercopidae. They are sometimes called tube-forming spittle-bugs as the nymphs form a calcareous tube within which they live. These bugs are main ...
then to subfamily Cercopinae
Cercopidae are the largest family of Cercopoidea, a xylem-feeding insect group, commonly called froghoppers. They belong to the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha. A 2023 phylogenetic study of the family suggested the elevation of the New Worl ...
found exclusively in Europe, Africa, and Asia, Australasia:
References
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