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Checklist for Superfamily Cercopoidea Leach, 1815 (Froghoppers)
and region Florissant Fossil Beds (Teller County, Colorado, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
260
1185
2090
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
259
1184
2089
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
250
1167
2054
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
35
121
225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
34
120
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
9
30
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
5
23
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cercopoidea
Leach, 1815
Froghoppers, Spittlebugs
3
10
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Florissant Fossil Beds
3 Families width 22 Species
Aphrophoridae Evans, 1946Froghoppers7SpeciesTaxom
Cercopidae Leach, 1815Froghopper14SpeciesTaxom
Clastopteridae Stål, 1858Clastopterid Spittlebugs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Florissant Fossil Beds
10 Genera with 22 Species
Aphrophora Germar, 1821
Spittle Bug0SpeciesTaxom
Cercopis Fabricius, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Clastoptera Germar, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Cosmoscarta Stål, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Lithecphora Scudder, 18904SpeciesTaxom
Locrites Scudder, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Palaphrodes Scudder, 18905SpeciesTaxom
Palecphora Scudder, 18905SpeciesTaxom
Petrolystra Scudder, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Prinecphora Scudder, 18901SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Florissant Fossil Beds
22 Species
Cercopis suffocata ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1890
Clastoptera comstocki ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1890
Cosmoscarta bispecularis White, 1844
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
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 praevalens ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1890
Petrolystra gigantea ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1878
Petrolystra heros ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1878
Prinecphora balteata ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1890

Subnodes of Cercopoidea with occurrences in Florissant Fossil Beds
FamilyAphrophoridae
Evans, 1946
Froghoppers, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs, True Spittlebugs
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCercopidae
Leach, 1815
froghopper, Froghoppers, Spitbugs, Spittle bugs, Spittlebugs
6
14
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