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Checklist for Superfamily Cercopoidea Leach, 1815 (Froghoppers)
and region Eocene (Paleogene)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
582
3588
7202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
579
3583
7176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
540
3487
7033
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
110
507
904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
82
428
755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
20
123
202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
6
47
92
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cercopoidea
Leach, 1815
Froghoppers, Spittlebugs
3
15
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Eocene
3 Families width 40 Species
Aphrophoridae Evans, 1946Froghoppers14SpeciesTaxom
Cercopidae Leach, 1815Froghopper25SpeciesTaxom
Clastopteridae Stål, 1858Clastopterid Spittlebugs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Eocene
15 Genera with 40 Species
Aphrophora Germar, 1922Spittle Bug5SpeciesTaxom
Cercopis Fabricius, 18906SpeciesTaxom
Cercopites Scudder, 18903SpeciesTaxom
Clastoptera Germar, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Dawsonites Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Lithecphora Scudder, 18904SpeciesTaxom
Locrites Scudder, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Palaeoptysma Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Palaphrodes Scudder, 18905SpeciesTaxom
Palecphora Scudder, 18906SpeciesTaxom
Petrolystra Scudder, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Prinecphora Scudder, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Ptysmaphora Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Stenecphora Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Stenolocris Scudder, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eocene
40 Species
Aphrophora (Ptyela) carbonaria E. F. Germar, 1856
Aphrophora angusta A. Handlirsch, 1910
Aphrophora electrina E. F. Germar, 1856
Aphrophora vetusta E. F. Germar, 1856
Aphrophora woodwardi Cockerell, 1922
Cercopis astricta S. H. Scudder, 1890
Cercopis cephalinus T. D. A. Coc..., 1921
Cercopis grandescens S. H. Scudder, 1895
Cercopis melaena E. F. Germar, 1856
Cercopis selwyni S. H. Scudder, 1879
Cercopis suffocata S. H. Scudder, 1890
Cercopites calliscens S. H. Scudder, 1890
Cercopites torpescens S. H. Scudder, 1895
Cercopites umbratilis S. H. Scudder, 1890
Clastoptera comstocki S. H. Scudder, 1890
Dawsonites veter S. H. Scudder, 1895
Lithecphora diaphana S. H. Scudder, 1890
Lithecphora murata S. H. Scudder, 1890
Lithecphora setigera S. H. Scudder, 1890
Lithecphora unicolor S. H. Scudder, 1890
Locrites copei S. H. Scudder, 1890
Locrites whitei S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palaeoptysma venosa S. H. Scudder, 1895
Palaphrodes cincta S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palaphrodes irregularis S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palaphrodes obliqua S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palaphrodes obscura S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palaphrodes transversa S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palecphora communis S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palecphora inornata S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palecphora maculata S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palecphora marvinei S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palecphora patefacta S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palecphora praevalens S. H. Scudder, 1890
Petrolystra gigantea S. H. Scudder, 1878
Petrolystra heros S. H. Scudder, 1878
Prinecphora balteata S. H. Scudder, 1890
Ptysmaphora fletcheri S. H. Scudder, 1895
Stenecphora punctulata S. H. Scudder, 1895
Stenolocris venosa S. H. Scudder, 1895

Subnodes of Cercopoidea with occurrences in Eocene
FamilyAphrophoridae
Evans, 1946
Froghoppers, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs, True Spittlebugs
5
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCercopidae
Leach, 1815
froghopper, Froghoppers, Spitbugs, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs
9
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyClastopteridae
Stål, 1858
Clastopterid Spittlebugs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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