Cercopidae
Also known as spittlebugs, froghoppers, spittlebug, froghopper, cercopid, cercopids, frog hoppers, frog hopper
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 World subfamily Ischnorhininae to full family status as Ischnorhinidae, leaving a monophyletic Old World Cercopinae.
Species
froghoppers
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyCercopidae
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Blutzikade Cercopis vulnerata.jpg
Sources (3)
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7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Cercopinae
- Cosmoscartinae
- Invalid genera
- Fossil genera
- Taxa removed from Cercopidae
- References
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 World subfamily Ischnorhininae to full family status as Ischnorhinidae, leaving a monophyletic Old World Cercopinae.
==Taxonomy== Based on a 2023 molecular phylogenetic analysis, the Cercopidae senso stricto was divided into two monophyletic subfamilies, Cercopinae and Cosmoscartinae, each with a number of tribes. thumb|right|upright|Anyllis leiala