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Checklist for Superfamily Cercopoidea Leach, 1815 (Froghoppers)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
928
21139
104473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
924
21108
104403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
874
20837
103684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
207
3567
12908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
157
3033
10809
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
33
1092
4174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
16
680
2879
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cercopoidea
Leach, 1815
Froghoppers, Spittlebugs
3
45
121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australia
3 Families width 121 Species
Aphrophoridae Evans, 1946Froghoppers51SpeciesTaxom
Cercopidae (Leach, 1815)Froghopper49SpeciesTaxom
Machaerotidae Stål, 1866Tube spittlebugs21SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Australia
45 Genera with 121 Species
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Amarusa Walker, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Anyllis Kirkaldy, 19525SpeciesTaxom
Aphrophora Germar, 1858Spittle Bug7SpeciesTaxom
Aphrophorinella Lallemand, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Aufidellus Kirkaldy, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Aufidus Stål, 18635SpeciesTaxom
Aufiterna Kirkaldy, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Basilioterpa Hamilton & M..., 19662SpeciesTaxom
Bathyllus Stål, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Carystoterpa Lallemand, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Cercopicesa Kocak & Kemal, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Cercopis Fabricius, 18252SpeciesTaxom
Chaetophyes Schmidt, 19276SpeciesTaxom
Clovia Stål, 19423SpeciesTaxom
Cosmoscarta Stål, 19035SpeciesTaxom
Eoptyelus Jacobi, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Eoscarta Breddin, 19284SpeciesTaxom
Eoscartoides Evans, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Euryaulax Kirkaldy, 19289SpeciesTaxom
Eurycercopis Kirkaldy, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Haematoscarta Breddin, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Hindoloides Distant, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Interocrea Walker, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Jophora Matsumura, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Lepyronia Amyot & Serv..., 1825Grey sedge6SpeciesTaxom
Liorhina Stål, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Machaerota Burmeister, 18655SpeciesTaxom
Megastethodon Schmidt, 18252SpeciesTaxom
Monecphora Amyot & Serv..., 18581SpeciesTaxom
Neophilaenus Haupt, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Novaphrophara Lallemand, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Okiscarta Matsumura, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Pachymachaerota Schmidt, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Pectinariophyes Kirkaldy, 18783SpeciesTaxom
Petyllis Kirkaldy, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Philaenarcys Hamilton, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Philaenus Stål, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Philagra Stål, 19345SpeciesTaxom
Philaronia Ball, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Plinthacrus Spinola, 18503SpeciesTaxom
Polychaetophyes Kirkaldy, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Ptyelus Le Peletier ..., 18504SpeciesTaxom
Soamachaerota Metcalf, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Tomaspis Amyot & Serv..., 18651SpeciesTaxom
Triecphora Amyot & Serv..., 18512SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
121 Species
Amarusa australis Jacobi, 1921Black Spittlebug
Anyllis gibbosus Liang & Wang, 2012
Anyllis leiala Kirkaldy, 1906Froghopper
Anyllis pseudotiegsi Liang & Wang, 2012
Anyllis spinostylus Liang, 2005
Anyllis tiegsi China, 1952
Aphrophora admittens (Walker, 1858)⇒ Chaetophyes admittens Walker, 1858
Aphrophora albicinctus (Erichson, 1842)⇒ Bathyllus albicinctus Erichson, 1842
Aphrophora areolata (Walker, 1858)⇒ Chaetophyes compacta Walker, 1851
Aphrophora bifrons (Walker, 1851)⇒ Chaetophyes compacta Walker, 1851
Aphrophora compacta (Walker, 1851)⇒ Jophora compactilis Metcalf, 1955
Aphrophora rufiventris (Walker, 1851)⇒ Philagra parva Donovan, 1805
Aphrophora semiflava (Walker, 1858)⇒ Chaetophyes compacta Walker, 1851
Aphrophorinella tonnoiri (Lallemand, 1946)⇒ Anyllis leiala Kirkaldy, 1906
Aufidellus australensis (Kirkaldy, 1906)⇒ Aufidus trifasciatus Stål, 1863
Aufidellus lucidus Jacobi, 1928
Aufidus australensis Kirkaldy, 1906
Aufidus kirkaldyi (Jacobi, 1921)⇒ Aufiterna kirkaldyi Jacobi, 1921
Aufidus lucidus Jacobi, 1928
Aufidus ptyeloides Kirkaldy, 1906
Aufidus trifasciatus Stål, 1863
Aufiterna kirkaldyi Jacobi, 1921
Aufiterna ptyeloides (Kirkaldy, 1906)⇒ Aufiterna kirkaldyi Jacobi, 1921
Basilioterpa fasciata Evans, 1966
Basilioterpa pallida Evans, 1966
Bathyllus albicinctus Erichson, 1842Froghopper
Bathyllus moerens (Stål, 1854)⇒ Bathyllus albicinctus Erichson, 1842
Carystoterpa fasciata (Evans, 1966)⇒ Basilioterpa fasciata Evans, 1966
Carystoterpa fingens Walker, 1851
Carystoterpa fusiformis Hamilton & M..., 1992
Carystoterpa pallida (Evans, 1966)⇒ Basilioterpa pallida Evans, 1966
Cercopicesa chinai Hacker, 1926
Cercopicesa tasmaniae Lallemand, 1954
Cercopis carnifex (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Euryaulax carnifex Fabricius, 1775
Cercopis urvillei (Le Peletier ..., 1825)⇒ Megastethodon urvillei Le Peletier ..., 1825
Chaetophyes admittens Walker, 1858
Chaetophyes bicolor (Schmidt, 1918)⇒ Chaetophyes compacta Walker, 1851
Chaetophyes compacta Walker, 1851
Chaetophyes pulcherrima Evans, 1970
Chaetophyes unicolor (Schmidt, 1918)⇒ Chaetophyes compacta Walker, 1851
Chaetophyes vicina Lallemand, 1927
Clovia loxosema (Hacker, 1926)⇒ Liorhina loxosema Hacker, 1926
Clovia regalis (Lallemand, 1927)⇒ Interocrea regalis Lallemand, 1927
Clovia victoriana Lallemand, 1942
Cosmoscarta bispecularis White, 1844
Cosmoscarta dorsimacula Walker, 1851
Cosmoscarta fuscoapicalis Kato, 1928
Cosmoscarta rubroscutellata Matsumura, 1907
Cosmoscarta silpha Breddin, 1903
Eoptyelus australis (Jacobi, 1921)⇒ Amarusa australis Jacobi, 1921
Eoscarta carnifex (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Euryaulax carnifex Fabricius, 1775
Eoscarta chinai (Hacker, 1926)⇒ Cercopicesa chinai Hacker, 1926
Eoscarta maculata Walker, 1851
Eoscarta vacuola (Jacobi, 1928)⇒ Euryaulax vacuola Jacobi, 1928
Eoscartoides bryani J. W. Evans, 1956
Eoscartoides dmitryi Lambkin, 2016
Eoscartoides orthocladus Tillyard, 1922
Euryaulax angustifasciatus Liang, Combé..., 2012
Euryaulax arctofasciata (Lallemand, 1949)⇒ Euryaulax carnifex Fabricius, 1775
Euryaulax arctofasciatus Lallemand, 1949
Euryaulax callitettigoides (Kirkaldy, 1906)⇒ Euryaulax carnifex Fabricius, 1775
Euryaulax carnifex Fabricius, 1775Sugarcane Froghopper
Euryaulax kirkaldyi Liang, Combé..., 2012
Euryaulax longiprocessus Liang, Combé..., 2012
Euryaulax vacuola Jacobi, 1928
Euryaulax vacuolus (Jacobi, 1928)⇒ Euryaulax vacuola Jacobi, 1928
Eurycercopis nigrofasciata (Kirkaldy, 1906)⇒ Interocrea nigrofasciata Kirkaldy, 1906
Haematoscarta flavifrons (Schmidt, 1925)⇒ Petyllis deprivata Walker, 1858
Hindoloides appendiculata Hacker, 1926
Interocrea nigrofasciata Kirkaldy, 1906
Interocrea philagra Hamilton, 1980
Interocrea regalis Lallemand, 1927
Jophora compactilis Metcalf, 1955
Lepyronia albiguttata (Walker, 1858)⇒ Bathyllus albicinctus Erichson, 1842
Lepyronia angulifera (Uhler, 1876)⇒ Philaronia abjecta Uhler, 1876
Lepyronia australiae (Walker, 1851)⇒ Chaetophyes compacta Walker, 1851
Lepyronia convexa (Walker, 1851)⇒ Bathyllus albicinctus Erichson, 1842
Lepyronia moerens (Stål, 1854)⇒ Bathyllus albicinctus Erichson, 1842
Lepyronia quadrangularis Say, 1825Diamond-backed spittle bug
Liorhina loxosema Hacker, 1926
Machaerota finitima Jacobi, 1928
Machaerota gupionata (Signoret, 1879)⇒ Machaerota pugionata Stål, 1865
Machaerota humboldti Lallemand, 1927
Machaerota philippinensis Baker, 1919
Machaerota pugionata Stål, 1865
Megastethodon australis Butler, 1874
Megastethodon urvillei Le Peletier ..., 1825
Monecphora deprivata (Walker, 1858)⇒ Petyllis deprivata Walker, 1858
Neophilaenus lineatus Linné, 1758Lined Spittle Bug
Novaphrophara phalerata Spinola, 1850
Novaphrophara tasmaniae Lallemand, 1940
Okiscarta uchidae Matsumura, 1906
Pachymachaerota signoreti (Schmidt, 1907)⇒ Machaerota pugionata Stål, 1865
Pectinariophyes pectinaria (Kirkaldy, 1906)⇒ Pectinariophyes stalii Spangberg, 1878
Pectinariophyes reticulata Spangberg, 1878
Pectinariophyes stalii Spangberg, 1878
Petyllis australensis (Kirkaldy, 1906)⇒ Petyllis deprivata Walker, 1858
Petyllis deprivata Walker, 1858Froghopper
Philaenarcys bilineata Say, 1830Prairie Spittlebug
Philaenus spumarius Linnaeus, 1758Common Froghopper
Philagra concolor Hacker, 1926
Philagra fulvida Hacker, 1926
Philagra parva Donovan, 1805Common Spittle Bug
Philagra recurva Jacobi, 1928
Philagra vittata (Metcalf & Ho..., 1934)⇒ Philagra parva Donovan, 1805
Philaronia abjecta Uhler, 1876
Plinthacrus irroratus (Spinola, 1850)⇒ Ptyelus irroratus Spinola, 1850
Plinthacrus mexicanus (Spinola, 1850)⇒ Ptyelus mexicanus Spinola, 1850
Plinthacrus phalerata Spinola, 1850
Polychaetophyes aequalior (Kirkaldy, 1906)⇒ Pectinariophyes stalii Spangberg, 1878
Polychaetophyes appendiculata (Hacker, 1926)⇒ Hindoloides appendiculata Hacker, 1926
Polychaetophyes perkinsi (Hacker, 1926)⇒ Chaetophyes compacta Walker, 1851
Polychaetophyes serpulidia (Kirkaldy, 1906)⇒ Chaetophyes compacta Walker, 1851
Ptyelus goudoti Bennett, 1833
Ptyelus homochrous (Hacker, 1926)⇒ Amarusa australis Jacobi, 1921
Ptyelus irroratus Spinola, 1850
Ptyelus mexicanus Spinola, 1850
Soamachaerota appendiculata Hacker, 1926
Tomaspis larinia (Stål, 1865)⇒ Phymatostetha basiclava Walker, 1858
Triecphora inconstans (Walker, 1851)⇒ Euryaulax carnifex Fabricius, 1775
Triecphora maculata (Walker, 1851)⇒ Euryaulax carnifex Fabricius, 1775

Subnodes of Cercopoidea with occurrences in Australia
FamilyAphrophoridae
Evans, 1946
Froghoppers, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs, True Spittlebugs
21
51
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCercopidae
Leach, 1815
froghopper, Froghoppers, Spitbugs, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs
17
49
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMachaerotidae
Stål, 1866
Tube spittlebugs
7
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
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Cercopoidea at itis.gov