The Aphrophoridae or spittlebugs are a family of insects belonging to the order
Hemiptera. There are at least 160 genera and 990 described species in Aphrophoridae.
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European genera
* '' Aphrophora'' Germar 1821
* ''Lepyronia
''Lepyronia'' is a genus of froghoppers in the family Aphrophoridae.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* ''Lepyronia angulata'' Lalleman & Synave, 1955
* '' Lepyronia angulifera'' Uhler, 1876
* ''Lepyronia batrachoides'' Haupt, ...
'' Amyot & Serville 1843
* '' Mesoptyelus'' Matsumura 1904
* '' Neophilaenus'' Haupt 1935
* '' Paraphilaenus'' Vilbaste 1962
* '' Peuceptyelus'' Sahlberg 1871
* ''Philaenus
''Philaenus'' is a genus of insects belonging to the family Aphrophoridae, the spittlebugs.
The meadow spittlebug ''Philaenus spumarius'' is a common insect in much of the Northern Hemisphere, and it is sometimes a pest on crops such as alfalfa ...
'' Stål 1864
See also
* List of Aphrophoridae genera
* Froghopper
The froghoppers, or the superfamily Cercopoidea, are a group of hemipteran insects in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha. Adults are capable of jumping many times their height and length, giving the group their common name, but they are best known ...
References
''Fauna Europaea''
NCBI
Cercopoidea
Auchenorrhyncha families
Taxa named by William Harry Evans
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