Epipyginae is a lineage of

froghopper 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, ...

s in the insect family

Aphrophoridae 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 ...

. There are at least three genera and about five described species in Epipyginae, found in the American tropics. In addition, there are more than 20 undescribed species in the group.

Taxonomy

All molecular analyses published since 2005 indicate that the group is monophyletic, but is clearly nested within the family

and is probably best relegated to the status of a subfamily or tribe, rather than retained as a separate family, in order to keep Aphrophoridae as a monophyletic family.Cryan, J.R., Svenson, G.J. (2010) Family-level relationships of the spittlebugs and froghoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cercopoidea). Systematic Entomology, 35: 393-415. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00520.xHamilton, K.G.A. (2016) Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae, Zootaxa 4169: 201-250. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1Crispolon, E. S. Jr., Soulier-Perkins, A., & Guilbert, E. (2023). Molecular phylogeny of Cercopidae (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea). Zoologica Scripta, 52, 494–516. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12597

Genera

* '' Eicissus'' Fowler, 1897 * '' Epipyga'' Hamilton, 2001 * '' Erugissa'' Hamilton, 2001

References

Cercopoidea Taxa described in 2001 Hemiptera subfamilies {{hemiptera-stub