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Checklist for Superfamily Cercopoidea Leach, 1815 (Froghoppers)
and region British Columbia (West Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
541
5937
17138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
538
5928
17128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
519
5861
16956
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
95
716
1814
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
74
658
1730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
17
242
684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
7
184
567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cercopoidea
Leach, 1815
Froghoppers, Spittlebugs
3
20
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for British Columbia
3 Families width 37 Species
Aphrophoridae Evans, 1946Froghoppers15SpeciesTaxom
Cercopidae Leach, 1815Froghopper14SpeciesTaxom
Clastopteridae Stål, 1858Clastopterid Spittlebugs8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for British Columbia
20 Genera with 37 Species
Aphrophora Germar, 1910Spittle Bug7SpeciesTaxom
Cercopis Fabricius, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Cercopites Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Clastoptera Germar, 18728SpeciesTaxom
Dawsonites Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Deois Fennah, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Eoscarta Breddin, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Homalogrypota Schmidt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Lepyronia Amyot & Serv..., 1825Grey sedge1SpeciesTaxom
Neophilaenus Haupt, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Palaeoptysma Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Palaphrodes Scudder, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Palecphora Scudder, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Philaenarcys Hamilton, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Philaenus Stål, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Prosapia Fennah, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Ptysmaphora Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Sphenorhina Amyot & Serv..., 17582SpeciesTaxom
Stenecphora Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Stenolocris Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Columbia
37 Species
Aphrophora (Aphrophora) alni Fallen, 1805Alder froghopper
Aphrophora (Aphrophora) princeps Walley, 1928Cone Spittlebug
Aphrophora (Aphrophora) regina Hamilton, 1982Double-striped Thick-knee
Aphrophora (Plesiommata) canadensis Walley, 1928Redring milkweed
Aphrophora (Plesiommata) maculosa Doering, 1941
Aphrophora (Plesiommata) permutata Uhler, 1876Douglas-fir spittlebug
Aphrophora angusta A. Handlirsch, 1910
Cercopis grandescens S. H. Scudder, 1895
Cercopis selwyni S. H. Scudder, 1879
Cercopites torpescens S. H. Scudder, 1895
Clastoptera arborina Ball, 1927Red Cedar Spittlebug
Clastoptera binotata Ball, 1896
Clastoptera brunnea Ball, 1919Phalaropes
Clastoptera lineatocollis Stål, 1854
Clastoptera obtusa Say, 1825Alder spittlebug
Clastoptera ovata Doering, 1929Wilson's Phalarope
Clastoptera proteus Fitch, 1851Blueberry spittlebug
Clastoptera saintcyri Provancher, 1872Blueberry spittlebug
Dawsonites veter S. H. Scudder, 1895
Deois (Pandysia) schach (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Deois humeralis Le Peletier ..., 1843
Deois humeralis Le Peletier ..., 1843
Eoscarta liternoides Breddin, 1902
Homalogrypota coccinea Fabricius, 1794
Lepyronia quadrangularis Say, 1825Diamond-backed spittle bug
Neophilaenus lineatus Linné, 1758Lined Spittle Bug
Palaeoptysma venosa S. H. Scudder, 1895
Philaenarcys bilineata Say, 1830Prairie Spittlebug
Philaenarcys killa Hamilton, 1979
Philaenus leucophthalmus Linné, 1758
Philaenus spumarius Linnaeus, 1758Common Froghopper
Prosapia bicincta (Say, 1830)⇒ Prosapia fasciaticollis Stål, 1864
Prosapia fasciaticollis Stål, 1864
Ptysmaphora fletcheri S. H. Scudder, 1895
Sphenorhina distinguenda Walker, 1858
Sphenorhina rubra Linné, 1758
Stenecphora punctulata S. H. Scudder, 1895
Stenolocris venosa S. H. Scudder, 1895

Subnodes of Cercopoidea with occurrences in British Columbia
FamilyAphrophoridae
Evans, 1946
Froghoppers, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs, True Spittlebugs
8
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCercopidae
Leach, 1815
froghopper, Froghoppers, Spitbugs, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs
11
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyClastopteridae
Stål, 1858
Clastopterid Spittlebugs
1
8
Genus
Species

Taxom



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