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''Prosapia'' is a genus 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 family
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 ...
. There are about six described species in ''Prosapia''. The genus is distributed in North and Central America, including the Caribbean.


Species

These six species belong to the genus ''Prosapia'': * ''
Prosapia bicincta ''Prosapia bicincta'', the two-lined spittlebug, is a species of insect in the family Ischnorhinidae (formerly Cercopidae). Adults are black with two red or orange lines crossing the wings. It reaches a length of 8–10 mm. It is widespread ...
'' (Say, 1830) i c g b (two-lined spittlebug) * '' Prosapia flavifascia'' (Metcalf & Bruner, 1925) c g * '' Prosapia ignipectus'' (Fitch, 1851) i g b (red-legged spittlebug) * '' Prosapia latens'' Fennah, 1953 c g * '' Prosapia plagiata'' (Distant, 1878) c g * '' Prosapia simulans'' (Walker, 1858) c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net


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* Cercopoidea Auchenorrhyncha genera Articles created by Qbugbot Hemiptera of Central America {{auchenorrhyncha-stub