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Checklist for Superfamily Cercopoidea Leach, 1815 (Froghoppers)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
209
5311
23131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
152
4750
20612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
35
1837
7653
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
15
1079
4842
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cercopoidea
Leach, 1815
Froghoppers, Spittlebugs
4
92
451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Africa
4 Families width 451 Species and 22 Subspecies
Aphrophoridae Evans, 1946Froghoppers84SpeciesTaxom
Cercopidae Leach, 1815Froghopper338SpeciesTaxom
Clastopteridae Stål, 1858Clastopterid Spittlebugs13SpeciesTaxom
Machaerotidae Stål, 1866Tube spittlebugs16SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Cercopoidea with occurrences in Africa
FamilyAphrophoridae
Evans, 1946
Froghoppers, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs, True Spittlebugs
19
84
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCercopidae
Leach, 1815
froghopper, Froghoppers, Spitbugs, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs
61
338
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyClastopteridae
Stål, 1858
Clastopterid Spittlebugs
4
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMachaerotidae
Stål, 1866
Tube spittlebugs
8
16
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Cercopoidea at artfakta.se
Cercopoidea at itis.gov